wanting

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English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɒntɪŋ

Adjective

wanting (comparative more wanting, superlative most wanting)

  1. That wants or desires.
  2. 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.
  3. Deficient.
    • 1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 151:
      Kate felt privileged to have been permitted to speak through it and she was glad that, as before, she had been judged and not found wanting

Derived terms

Translations

Preposition

wanting

  1. Without, except, but.
  2. Less than, short of, minus.

Verb

wanting

  1. present participle of want

Noun

wanting (plural wantings)

  1. The state of wanting something; desire.
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