lack · shortage of · shortfall · to be short (of) · to lack

The company lacks leadership.

I'm short of cash at the moment.

The building isn't yet up to code because it still needs a wheelchair ramp.

The kitchen lacks a dishwasher.

The young men were mostly inconvenienced by the lack of bread and wine, and good lodging at night time, for as it was late in autumn, they did not think it safe to sleep on board their boat, but in apprehension of the storms, usual at this season, drew the craft on shore.