LACKED

Definition: LACKED

LACKED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Lack

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "LACKED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Crosswords: LACKED

English words defined with "LACKED": candid, consistency ♦ envisioned ♦ leisure ♦ pictured ♦ superimposed ♦ visualised, visualized. (references)

Specialty definitions using "LACKED": ALGOL 60 Revised, ante-mortem probate ♦ living probate ♦ Tagged Image File Format. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Where none suffered, where everyone would be happy. It was a disaster. No one would accept the program. Entire crops were lost. Some believed we lacked the programming language to describe your perfect world. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) It lacked certain elements that we need to market a film successfully. (The Player; writing credit: Michael Tolkin) Well, if you must know Theresa, she lacked..... (A Room with a View; writing credit: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. based on the novel by E.M. Forster.)
Lyrics	Sweetness to it that most males lacked. He moved with grace, and was able to ("Mephisto and Kevin"; performing artist: Primus)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe	Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	For, Hester, his spirit lacked the strength that could have borne up, as thine has, beneath a burden like thy scarlet letter.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	These insults were thrown out in a voice roughened by brandy, from a hideous mouth which lacked the two front teeth.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		These interventions are still considered unproven because studies have included low numbers of patients and have lacked adequate control groups. (references)
Business		The growth of the leasing industry initially lacked momentum mainly due to a general lack of awareness regarding its nature and benefits. (references)
		Prior to 1989, Romania lacked any environmental policy and post 1989 the transition to a market economy took precedence over all other issues. (references)
		LG offers the distribution network and strong local brand name that IBM needed, while IBM provides technology and a good brand name for computers in general that LG lacked. (references)
Children	Georgia	Children received inadequate food, clothing, education, and medical care; facilities lacked heat, water, and electricity. (references)
	Mauritania	The school for the deaf and the blind in Nouakchott operated 6 classrooms and enrolled 35 students (20 girls and 15 boys) during the year; however, the school lacked trained staff. (references)
	United Kingdom	According to the report, "Separated Children in the UK," many social services agencies provided inadequate care to unaccompanied minors seeking asylum (of which there were 2,735 in 2000). The report states that the UK lacked a strategic approach to the reception and care of separated refugee children. (references)
Civil Liberties	Czech Republic	The law also regularizes the status of children in foster care who lacked citizenship or permanent residency status. (references)
	Guinea-Bissau	The national printing press, the only facility for publishing newspapers in the country, often lacked the raw materials to publish them. (references)
	Burma	News periodicals rarely circulated outside urban areas, and most villages lacked access to electrical power, except from generators or batteries. (references)
Economic History	Honduras	The country traditionally lacked both an economic infrastructure and social and political integration. (references)
	Serbia and Montenegro	Meanwhile, polls showed that workers and managers in 300 firms lacked any enthusiasm for privatization. (references)
	Colombia	Financial intermediaries took excessive risks in their loan provisions while regulating authorities lacked control capacity. (references)
Human Rights	Ireland	Prisons also lacked sufficient health care facilities and services. (references)
	Uganda	Mutale appealed the ruling to the High Court, claiming that the UHRC lacked jurisdiction. (references)
	Turkey	Most prisons lacked adequate medical care for routine treatment or even medical emergencies. (references)
Political Economy	Ukraine	The judiciary also was overburdened, inefficient, and lacked sufficient funding and staff. (references)
	Kyrgyz Republic	The local elections were generally orderly but the electoral process lacked transparency in the selection of candidates. (references)
	Australia	Since July 1, 1999, when the Senate elected in October 1998 took office, the governing coalition has lacked a majority in the Senate. (references)
Political Rights	Tajikistan	The Government claimed that 98 percent of the electorate voted and that 96 percent of those voting supported Rahmonov; however, these claims lacked credibility. (references)
	Uzbekistan	Because the voters lacked a choice, the OSCE and many international observers concluded that the December 1999 legislative elections were neither free nor fair elections. (references)
	Czech Republic	A citizenship law passed in September 1999 remedied the situation for some persons, predominantly Roma, who lacked voting and other rights due to restrictions under the previous citizenship laws. (references)
Trade	Moldova	However, already in may the constitutional court invalidated this contract on grounds that the Government lacked the necessary authority to conclude such an agreement. (references)
Travel	Ukraine	This has caused problems for American citizens who were not required to purchase insurance upon entering Ukraine, and subsequently had difficulty registering with the Office of Visas and Registration because they lacked proof of insurance. (references)
Women	Brazil	For example, 20 percent lacked a conventional telephone line, 53 percent lacked police officers trained in dealing with violence against women, and 77 percent did not have an officer on duty 24 hours a day. (references)
Worker Rights	Namibia	Trade unions lacked capacity and resources. (references)
	Bangladesh	The Ministry of Labor contends that these cases lacked the necessary documentation. (references)
	Albania	Foreign women who were detained at times lacked translation services, or were not given a choice of lawyers. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	Attack and terror increased, spurred and encouraged by the belief that the United States lacked the will to continue and that their victory was near.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"LACKED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 85.21% of the time. "LACKED" is used about 959 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)	85.21%	817	8,563
Lexical Verb (past participle)	11.46%	110	30,952
Adjective (general or positive)	3.33%	32	61,292
Total	100.00%	959	N/A

Language		Translations for "LACKED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		缺乏 (Dearth, Deficiencies, Deficiency, lack, lacking, scant, scarce, scarcity). (various references)

Finnish		oli täysin aiheeton (lacked any justification). (various references)

German		fehlte (was absent). (various references)

Italian		mancai (was absent). (various references)

Korean		결여되�". (various references)

Pig Latin		ackedlay.(various references)

Spanish		faltaba. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 8, Verse 6
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai eteron epesen epi thn petran kai fuen exhranqh dia to mh ecein ikmada
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et aliud cecidit supra petram et natum aruit quia non habebat humorem
Old English	990	West Saxon	And sum feoll of er þæne stan and hit forscranc forþam þe hit wætan næfde;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And othir fel on a stoon, and it sprunge vp, and driede, for it hadde not moysture.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And some fell on ston and assone as it was spronge vp it widdred awaye because it lacked moystnes.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered, because it lacked moisture.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And some went on the rock, and when it came up it became dry and dead because it had no water.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Luke Chapter 8, Verse 6
Bulgarian	А друго падна на канарата; и щом поникна изсъхна, защото нямаше влага.
Cebuano	Ug ang ubang binhi diha mahulog sa ibabaw sa bato; ug sa nakapanurok na, kini nangalaya kay wala may kaumog.
Chinese	有落在磐石上的、一出來就枯乾了、 � 為得不著滋潤。
Croatian	Drugo pade na kamen i, tek što je izniklo, osuši se jer ne imaše vlage.
Danish	Og noget faldt på Klippen; og da det voksede op, visnede det, fordi det ikke havde Væde.
Dutch	En het andere viel op een steenrots, en opgewassen zijnde, is het verdord, omdat het geen vochtigheid had.
Finnish	Ja osa putosi kalliolle, ja oraalle noustuaan se kuivettui, kun sillä ei ollut kosteutta.
French	Une autre partie tomba sur le roc: quand elle fut levée, elle sécha, parce qu`elle n`avait point d`humidité.
German	Und etliches fiel auf den Fels; und da es aufging, verdorrte es, darum daß es nicht Saft hatte.
Haitian Creole	Yon pati tonbe nan mitan wòch; grenn yo leve. Men, yo cheche paske yo pa t' jwenn tè fre.
Hungarian	És némely esék a kõsziklára; és mikor kikelt, elszárada, mert nem vala nedvessége.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Ada juga yang jatuh di tempat berbatu-batu. Pada waktu tunas-tunasnya keluar tanaman itu layu sebab tanahnya kering.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Ada separuh jatuh di atas batu; setelah tumbuh, layulah ia sebab tiada lembab.
Italian	Un'altra parte cadde sulla pietra e appena germogliata inaridì per mancanza di umidit� .
Korean	�" 러 �" �" 위 위 에 떨 어 지 매 났 다 가 습 기 가 없 으 므 로 말 랐 �
Latvian	Cita krita uz klints un uzdîgusi nokalta, jo tai nebija mitruma.
Manx Gaelic	As huitt paart er creg, as cha leah as ve er n'aase seose, hie eh naardey, er-yn-oyr dy row eh laccal soo.
Maori	Ko etahi i ngahoro ki runga ki te toka; ko te tupunga ake, kua maroke, kahore hoki he makuku.
Modern Greek	αλλο δε επεσεν επι την πετραν και αναφυεν εξηρανθη, διοτι δεν ειχεν ικμαδα·
Norwegian	Og noget falt på stengrunn; og da det var vokset op, visnet det, fordi det ikke hadde væte.
Portuguese	Outra caiu sobre pedra; e, nascida, secou-se porque não havia umidade.
Rumanian	O altq parte a cqzut pe stkncq; wi, cum a rqsqrit, s`a uscat, pentrucq n`avea umezealq.
Russian	Б ЙОПЕ Х� БМП ОБ ЛБНЕОШ Й, ЧЪПК�"С, ЪБУПИМП, � ПФПНХ ЮФП ОЕ ЙНЕМП ЧМБЗЙ;
Shuar	Chíkich Jinkiái kaya írunmanum iniaararmiayi. Nu Jinkiái tsapainiar, Wárik nantu sukuam Kárarmiayi.
Spanish	Otra parte cayó sobre la roca, y cuando creció, se secó, porque no tenía humedad.
Swahili	Nyingine zilianguka penye mawe, na baada ya kuota zikanyauka kwa kukosa maji.
Swedish	Och somt föll på stengrund, och när det hade vuxit upp, torkade det bort, eftersom det icke där hade någon fuktighet.
Thai	บ้างก็ตกที่หิน และเมื่องอกขึ้นแล้วก็เหี่ยวแห้งไปเพราะที่ไม่ชื้น
Ukrainian	�"руге ж упало на ґрунт кам'янистий, і, зійшовши, усохло, не мало бо вогкости.
Uma	Ria wo'o to monawu' hi tana' to watua. Tuwu' moto hinawu' toe, aga kaliliu molaju apa' bangi tana' -na.
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Derivations
	Words ending with "LACKED": blacked, clacked, flacked, shellacked, slacked. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"LACKED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gacked, lackad, Lacke, lacken, lacker, lackes, lacued, laked, laykold, Lefkada. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "LACKED" (pronounced la"kt)
4	l a" k t	blacked, slacked.
3	-a" k t	abstract, act, attacked, attract, backed, counterattacked, cracked, detract, diffract, distract, enact, exact, extract, fact, hacked, impact, inexact, intact, interact, jacked, overreact, packed, pact, protract, racked, react, redact, reenact, repacked, retract, sacked, smacked, stacked, subtract, tacked, tact, tracked, tract, transact, unpacked, whacked, wracked.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: calked.
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-k-l"
	-1 letter: caked, clade, decal, laced, laked.
	-2 letters: aced, alec, cade, cake, calk, clad, dace, dale, deal, deck, kale, lace, lack, lade, lake, lead, leak.
	-3 letters: ace, ale, cad, cel, dak, dal, del, eld, elk, kae, kea, lac, lad, lea, led, lek.
	-4 letters: ad, ae, al, de, ed, el, ka, la.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-k-l"
	+1 letter: blacked, cackled, caulked, chalked, clacked, clanked, cloaked, flacked, hackled, mackled, slacked, tackled, talcked.
	+2 letters: blockade, crackled, crankled, deadlock, headlock, lackered, lackeyed, shackled, spackled.
	+3 letters: backfield, backpedal, backslide, bechalked, becloaked, blackened, blackhead, blacklead, blockaded, blockader, blockades, blockhead, deadlocks, dreadlock, garlicked, headlocks, padlocked, retackled, slackened, uncloaked.
	+4 letters: backfields, backfilled, backhauled, backlashed, backlisted, backlogged, backpedals, backslider, backslides, blackheads, blackleads, blockaders, blockheads, cakewalked, candlewick, cocktailed, deadlocked, dreadlocks, duckwalked, fiddleback, jackrolled, landlocked, packsaddle, parbuckled, shellacked, unshackled.
	+5 letters: acknowledge, backlighted, backpedaled, backslapped, backslidden, backsliders, blackballed, blackbirded, blackbirder, blackbodies, blackhander, blackjacked, blacklisted, blackmailed, blacktopped, candlestick, candlewicks, chucklehead, deadlocking, fiddlebacks, griddlecake, knucklehead, packsaddles, placekicked, roadblocked, sockdolager, spacewalked, stickhandle.
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