The whole place, once he could see it a bit better, was in some disrepair and lacked what they used to call a woman's touch.

The place doesn't lack for spit and polish, Gomez thought.

But this place lacks basic facilities like lodging and boarding.

There is no doubt about it, the place lacks polish.

The place lacked class; but the customers were not particular.

What the place lacked in privacy, it made up in beauty.

The exact place and time of her martyrdom lacks precise historical data.

But this evening the place would not lack life.

And there's one other thing the place lacks: a bathroom.