Lacuna (Noun)
Meaning
A blank gap or missing part.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The researcher spent years trying to fill in the lacuna in the historical record left by the destroyed documents.
- A lacuna in the fossil record made it difficult for scientists to reconstruct the evolutionary history of the species.
- The film's plot had a major lacuna that left audiences confused and unsatisfied with the ending.
- The historian's work was notable for its attempts to address the lacuna in the field's understanding of ancient civilizations.
- A lacuna in the dataset made it challenging for the analysts to draw reliable conclusions about the trend.