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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According to a survey by Deloitte, a third of employees reported that their work-life balance (or lack thereof) greatly contributed to their stress levels. Kent Ingle, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 The influence of Saturn, however, emphasizes the boundaries or lack thereof between you and a significant other. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024 And our relationship, or lack thereof, was strained. Kazuma Hashimoto, Them, 28 Oct. 2024 Branding became essential to the differentiation that would earn the easy recognition and loyalty of customers, though labels about the purity of contents or lack thereof didn’t matter in this former landscape. Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024 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 22 Nov. 2024.

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