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: suffer or lack? Small Twister

Many politicians and journalists often use suffer to indicate that something is lacking.

• This government lacks a strategy. The program lacks a clear script.
  

This is quite strange because suffer should be linked by common sense, pain, suffering, and not to lack.

Indeed, I quote here the definition suffer in the dictionary of the RAE:

1. tr. ant. Causing disease or illness.

2. intr. fall ill or suffer common disease.

3. intr. have or suffer a default. suffer D E claustrophobia.

4. prnl. pity (feeling sorry ‖).

And precisely on the definition of becoming ill WordReference.com Dictionary, makes the following clarification:

• should not be used for 'lacking' in phrases like lacks affection.