lack thereof

idiom

formal
used to say that there is not enough of the thing that has been mentioned
The problem is money, or (a/the) lack thereof.

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Relative strength… or lack thereof The RSI, relative strength index, measures how fast a stock has jumped or dropped. Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025 The Rapids, who have produced a roller coaster of offense and lack thereof to start the 2025 campaign, produced only two shots in the first half of Saturday’s Western Conference matchup. Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025 But their stunt also prompted a larger conversation about how clothing – or lack thereof – symbolizes gender, agency and power dynamics. Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025 This season, though, has a lot more fat to be trimmed in the cast — the top five is pretty much guaranteed at this point (Onya, Jewels, Suzie, Sam, and Lexi, duh), and there is a huge differential between those five’s facility with Drag Race versus the others’ lack thereof. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lack thereof

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“Lack thereof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lack%20thereof. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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