wanting

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒntɪŋ

Adjective

wanting (comparative more wanting, superlative most wanting)

1. Absent or lacking.
   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 171,

     […] but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.

Derived terms

• wantingly

Translations

absent or lacking

Scottish Gaelic: uireasbhach (gd)

Preposition

wanting

1. without

Verb

wanting

1. Present participle of want.