"lack-love" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more lack-love [comparative], most lack-love [superlative]
Etymology: lack + love Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lack|love}} lack + love Head templates: {{en-adj}} lack-love (comparative more lack-love, superlative most lack-love)
  1. Uncaring; indifferent to love; loveless.
    Sense id: en-lack-love-en-adj-bzzDBVKH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 87 13

Noun

Forms: lack-loves [plural]
Etymology: lack + love Etymology templates: {{compound|en|lack|love}} lack + love Head templates: {{en-noun}} lack-love (plural lack-loves)
  1. (obsolete) A heartless person; someone who is uncaring and indifferent to love. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-lack-love-en-noun-E21TkwxY

Inflected forms

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