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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And the interactions, or lack thereof, between the man and woman are interspersed with dog and nature scenes and interludes with voice-overs that seem to transport the viewer to the past or different locations. —

Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2025 The Trump team, in doing so, stressed that these decisions should be made at the local level: that individual schools and districts should be permitted to draft policies on trans inclusion (or lack thereof) on their own, without federal interference. —

Nico Lang, Them, 31 Jan. 2025 Tomlinson used two After Midnight monologues to speak to her passions, or lack thereof. —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025 After dropping Wednesday's home tilt 5-1 to the Columbus Blue Jackets, Auston Matthews channeled his frustrations towards the energy in the building — or lack thereof. —

John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for lack thereof