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lacks, lax
lacks (LAKS) (verb)
To require or want something or to experience a deficiency: What this laboratory lacks is a new microscope because there are only old ones which don't work properly.
lax (LAKS) (adjective)
1. Not firm, relaxed, or negligent: Both parents were lax with their supervision of the children and, as a result, the children often got into mischief.
2. Not strict enough: Shanna's university has been lax about enforcing the rules in the dormitories about making so much noise after a specified time.

What this communty lacks are some guidelines about lax behavior after the curfew.

lax, laxness
1. Not strict or careful enough.
2. Not tight or tense.
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