lack of experience

experience — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 knowledge/skill obtained by seeing/doing sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, extensive, great, long, vast, wide ▪ limited, little …   Collocations dictionary

experience — 1 noun 1 KNOWLEDGE/SKILL (U) knowledge or skill gained while doing a job (+ in): Karl has considerable experience in modern methods of diagnosis. | political/teaching/computing etc experience: The job requires no secretarial experience. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

lack — 01. He wasn t able to go out with his friends, due to a [lack] of money. 02. She won t get promoted to a management position because she [lacks] the ability to make difficult decisions. 03. He s a smart enough guy, but sometimes I think he just… …   Grammatical examples in English

experience — ex|pe|ri|ence1 W1S1 [ıkˈspıəriəns US ˈspır ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(knowledge/skill)¦ 2¦(knowledge of life)¦ 3¦(something that happens)¦ 4 the black/female/Russian etc experience 5 work experience ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

lack — [[t]læ̱k[/t]] ♦♦ lacks, lacking, lacked 1) N UNCOUNT: also a N, usu N of n If there is a lack of something, there is not enough of it or it does not exist at all. Despite his lack of experience, he got the job... The charges were dropped for lack …   English dictionary

Lack (manque) — Lack (in French, manque ), is, in Lacan s psychoanalytic philosophy, always related to desire. In his seminar Le transfert (1960 61) he states that lack is what causes desire to arise. However, lack first designated a lack of being: what is… …   Wikipedia

lack — vb Lack, want, need, require are comparable when meaning to be without something, especially something essential or greatly to be desired. Lack may imply either an absence or a shortage in the supply or amount of that something {the house lacks a …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

lack — [lak] n. [early ME lac < or akin to MLowG & MDu lak, lack: for IE base see LEAK] 1. the fact or condition of not having enough; shortage; deficiency 2. the fact or condition of not having any; complete absence 3. the thing that is lacking or… …   English World dictionary

Experience — For other uses, see Experience (disambiguation). Experience as a general concept comprises knowledge of or skill in or observation of some thing or some event gained through involvement in or exposure to that thing or event.[1] The history of the …   Wikipedia

lack — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ profound, serious, severe ▪ conspicuous, distinct, notable, noticeable, obvious, remarkable …   Collocations dictionary

lack — 1. noun a lack of cash Syn: absence, want, need, deficiency, dearth, insufficiency, shortage, shortfall, scarcity, paucity, unavailability, deficit Ant: abundance 2. verb they lack sufficient resources …   Thesaurus of popular words