Parler

[Jersey Girl]

For one to be lacking in something one most have it to begin with.

Not true. I can find no dictionary that states or even implies that to lack something, one must once have possessed it. It looks like you are somehow confusing "lack" with "lost" or "loss."

Go yank that other one away from Criddle. Maybe it's in there.

[subgenius]

except that most dictionaries (online) affirm what we all already knew - that your posts are lacking intelligence.
When the word "deficient" is used to define lacking and is its synonym, we see that you are wrong.
When the word "inadequate" is used to define lacking and is its synonym, we see that you are wrong.
When the phrase "in short supply" is used to define lacking and is its synonym, we see that you are wrong.
and so on....

Still wrong. Not ‘must have had in the first place’.

[subgenius]

Lol. Now Newsmax, where Fox News types were heading because Fox News is 'too Left', is losing followers as fast as they gained them because they certified the election in Biden's favor:



wE jUsT nEeD oUr OwN EthNoSTaTe!!!!

- Doc

Too bad you didn't read the Newsmax statement on the matter. Wherein they explain that they don't fall into the idiocracy of "projecting" but rather simply report according to what States have certified. Thus they have Biden at 285 with a clear statement that this may nit be the final result given the lawsuits, etc.
But yeah, you keep getting your information 3rd hand from a tweet.
mas respect gringo.

[canpakes]

Still wrong. Not ‘must have had in the first place’.

That would explain why so few folks take her seriously.

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

——oOo—— misses the point because his o—— hungry mind is too hung up on ——oOo——

- Doc

[canpakes]

——oOo—— misses the point because his o—— hungry mind is too hung up on ——oOo——

- Doc

Exactly. I’m wondering if he’ll go back and re-read that post to understand the point. I’m not going to bet on that.

[Chap]

F everybody's I:

Oxford English dictionary.

The main entry for 'lack' as a verb (see below in full) - can't see any obvious current sense here that suggests noticing that you have not got something that you previously had.

Maybe you are confusing it with 'miss'? Sense III. 16. of that is:

transitive. To notice the absence or loss of; to perceive that (a person or thing) is not in the expected or accustomed place. See also to miss away 1 at Phrasal verbs 1. [emphasis added]

lack, v.1
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Pronunciation: Brit. Hear pronunciation/lak/, U.S. Hear pronunciation/læk/
Forms: ME lacen, ME laken, ME lac, ME–15 lakyn, lake, lakke(n, lakkin, lakkyn, ME–16 lak, ... (Show More)
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a. intransitive. To be wanting or missing; to be deficient in quantity or degree. In early use const. with dative or to. Obsolete. (But to be lacking is current; see lacking adj.)

a1175 Cott. Hom. 233 Wat lacede ȝeu an alle mire rice þat ȝie [etc.].
a1325 (▸c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1231 Tid-like hem gan ðat water laken.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 238 And thauh my lyflode lakke letten I nulle That vche mon schal habben his.
c1405 (▸c1380) G. Chaucer Second Nun's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 498 Ther lakketh no thyng to thyne outter eyen That thow nart blynd.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. ix. 181 A crooked staf me lakketh for to cholle with.
c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) xi. 137 A subsidie..as shall accomplishe that wich shall lakke hym off such livelod.
a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 37/2 His drifte couertly conuayde, lacked not in helping furth his brother of Clarence to his death.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cliiijv In him lacked neither good will nor courage.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 85 Ye..effectual grace of sa gret a sacrament can na wayis laik heirin.
1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xviii. 28 Peraduenture there shall lacke fiue of the fiftie righteous. View more context for this quotation
1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. iv. 63 A man in whom awe, imagination, and tenderness lack.
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†b. To be a defaulter, to be absent. Obsolete.

c1465 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 5 Many yeeris hast þou lakkyd owte of this londe.
1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 386 Yf eny of the xlviij lakke or dissease.
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†c. To be faulty or defective; to offend; (with dative) to offend against. Obsolete.

c1400 (▸?c1380) Cleanness l. 723 Fyfty..Þat neuer lakked þy laue, bot loued ay trauþe.
a1525 (▸c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 994 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 126 Bot gif I lak in my leid yat nocht till allow Is.
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d. = lag v.2 1a (Cf. also latch v.2 2b.)

1775 S. Thayer Jrnl. (1867) 14 The people are very weak and begin to lack in the rear, being so much reduced with hunger and cold.
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a. transitive. To be without, not to have; to have too little of; to be destitute of or deficient in.

c1320 tr. J. Bonaventura Medit. 883 Ful feyn þey wulde Ihesu down taken But strengþe and ynstrumentys bothe þey lakkyn.
1470–84 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. x For though I lacke wepen, I shall lacke no worship.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iv Thow rendrest not to me al my gold..For of hit I lack four hondred pyeces.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aiiv Ascribe it..to my insufficiency and ignoraunce, which lacke both lernyng and eloquence.
1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxix. 76 Not laiking na thing that belangit to weir.
1588 J. Udall State Church of Eng. sig. C Rather than hee [Judas] woulde lacke money, he would sell Iesus Christ him selfe.
1611 Bible (King James) Luke viii. 6 It withered away, because it lacked moisture. View more context for this quotation
c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 183 What can they lack who live with him?
1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 37 Learning we lack, not books.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. xii. 17 I could have laughed—but lacked the time.
1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 140 I lack your daring.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xii. 88 Though not viscous, the ice did not lack the quality of ‘adhesiveness’.
1870 C. E. L. Riddell Austin Friars iv Luke Ross felt his life lacked something.
1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am vii Dorothy's face lacked colour and brightness.
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†b. with cannot: To do or go without. Obsolete.

1551 R. Ascham Let. to E. Raven 20 Jan. in Wks. (1865) I. ii. 256 I was afraid when I came out of England to miss beer; but I am afraid when I shall come into England, that I cannot lack this wine.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F2 The forlorne mayd did with loues longing burne, And could not lacke her louers company.
1592 G. Babington Certaine Comfortable Notes Genesis (vii.) f. 33 The rayne from aboue, & the fountaynes beneath, are things we cannot lack.
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†c. To perceive the absence of; to miss. Obsolete.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 323 Poore Lady, shee'll run mad, When she shall lacke it. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. iv. 83 My worthy Lord Your Noble Friends do lacke you. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. i. 16 I shall be lou'd when I am lack'd . View more context for this quotation
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3. To need, stand in need of. †Frequent in the salesman's cry what d'ye lack? (obsolete).

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 601/1 I lacke, I want a thynge.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) James i. A Yf eny of you lacke wyszdome, let him axe of God.
1548 Order of Communion sig. B.i Lackyng comforte or counsayle.
1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre ii. ii. 18 in Wks. II What doe you lacke? what is 't you buy? what do you lacke? Rattles, Drums, Halberts, [etc.].
1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love v. 86 To draw us in with a what do you lack as we pass'd by.
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4. intransitive. To be short of something (now rare). Also with for and †simply, to be in want.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cxviii. 141 I shall go abrode..and gette vytayle..for within a whyle we shall lacke.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 1v I alone of sic curage did laik.
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. v. sig. E2v Liu'd he now, he should lack. Spight of his farming Oxe-staules.
1611 Bible (King James) Prov. xxviii. 27 He that giueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke . View more context for this quotation
1809 E. S. Barrett Setting Sun III. 144 Though individuals may lack of breeches.
1892 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Claimant 40 Here's hoping he'll never lack for friends.
1894 Outing 24 87/1 Coffee..we were compelled to crush, lacking of a coffee mill.
1898 A. Skeel & W. H. Brearley King Washington (1899) 170 He was one of the many who had lacked for partners.
1906 E. Phillpotts Portreeve ii. iv. 154 The outward signs that she had marked upon him did not lack for inner causes.
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a. transitive. To find ‘lacks’ or faults in; to find fault with, abuse, blame, reproach, vituperate. Also absol. Obsolete (Scottish and northern dialect)

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 797 He loves men þat in ald tyme has bene, He lakes þa men þat now are sene.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xi. 2 Thanne Scripture scorned me..And lakked me in Latyne.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvi. 78 Me is loþ..to lacky eny secte.
1496 (▸c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) v. iv. 200/1 The flaterer lacketh and bacbyteth al though that he hateth.
a1500 (▸c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) ix. l. 1407 Ȝhe weyn to lak, bot ȝhe commende.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 102 In euerie land with all leid we are lakkit.
1558 Q. Kennedy Compendius Tractiue To Rdr. sig. Aiii Loue, or lack; prayse, or condempnne.
1572 (▸a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 87 First to lofe, and syne to lak, Peter! it is schame.
a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xliii. 17 Thy leiving no man laks.
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†b. to lack (infinitive passing into an adjectival phr.): to blame, blameworthy. Obsolete.
Scott seems to have taken the phrase to mean ‘wanting’, on the analogy of to seek.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 194 He sais behind þi bak..Wordes þat er to lak.
a1400 (▸a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9037 Quilk er to lac, quilk er to luue, þair aun werckes will þam proue.
a1500 Lytylle Childrenes Lytil Bk. (Harl. 541) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 20 Ne drynk behynde no mannes bakke, For yf þou do, thow art to lakke.
[1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles ii. xxvii. 71 If Bruce shall e'er find friends again..Old Torquil will not be to lack With twice a thousand at his back.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 20 Your house has been seldom to lack, when the crown of Scotland desired..wise counsel.]
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†6. In weaker sense: To depreciate, disparage, ‘run down’. Obsolete. (Chiefly Scottish)

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 198 As a lyoun he loketh there men lakketh his werkes.
c1400 Gamelyn 276 Felaw he seyde why lakkest thou his ware.
1488 (▸c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 906 Thocht he wes best no nothir lak we nocht.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid i. Pref. 275 Na man wil I lakkin or despyse.
1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 17 Thay that lichtlis and lakkis their nichburs guidis to oders.
1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 104.
17.. A. Ramsay Cordial st. 1 Is that the thing ye're laking?
Proverb.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. v. sig. Bii Better leaue than lacke.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres vi. 224 Better it is to leaue then to lacke.

[Doctor CamNC4Me]

——oOo—— misses the point because his o—— hungry mind is too hung up on ——oOo——

- Doc

Exactly. I’m wondering if he’ll go back and re-read that post to understand the point. I’m not going to bet on that.

Lol@reading. Reading for comprehension is for no0bz.

- Doc

[Bret Ripley]

I lack a tactical-nuclear drone home defense system; I can't imagine what I did with it.

[canpakes]

I lack a tactical-nuclear drone home defense system; I can't imagine what I did with it.

Have you checked under the couch? You must have had it at one time.
; )