"lack of sleep" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lack of sleep (uncountable)
  1. The condition of not having slept enough at any given time without any specification of cause. (This entry is a translation hub.) Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Sleep Related terms: sleeplessness (english: typically meaning sleep was repeatedly in lack, compare slumberlessness avoiding this implication), insomnia (english: typically as an ailment), sleep deprivation (english: when induced from outside) Translations (not having slept enough): 睡眠不足 (shuìmián bùzú) (Chinese Mandarin), slaaptekort [neuter] (Dutch), slaapgebrek [neuter] (Dutch), unenpuute (Finnish), univaje (Finnish), manque de sommeil [masculine] (French), Schlafmangel [masculine] (German), alváshiány (Hungarian), kialvatlanság (Hungarian), 寝不足 (nebusoku) (Japanese), 睡眠不足 (suiminbusoku) (Japanese), defaute of slepe (Middle English), lak of slepe (Middle English), søvnmangel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), søvnmangel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), brak snu [masculine] (Polish), lipsa somnului [definite, feminine] (Romanian), недосы́п (nedosýp) [masculine] (Russian), sömnbrist [common-gender] (Swedish)

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      "sense": "not having slept enough",
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