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View synonyms for wanting

wanting

[ won-ting, wawn- ]

adjective

  1. lacking or absent:

    a motor with some of the parts wanting.

  2. deficient in some part, thing, or respect:

    to be wanting in courtesy.



preposition

  1. lacking; without:

    a box wanting a lid.

  2. less; minus:

    a century wanting three years.

wanting

/ ˈwɒntɪŋ /

adjective

  1. lacking or absent; missing
  2. not meeting requirements or expectations

    you have been found wanting

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


preposition

  1. without
  2. archaic.
    minus
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of wanting1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English (adjective); want + -ing 2
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Example Sentences

She really got the ditziness of Louise’s character and the wanting-to-please element.

So many girls are idolizing these models and wanting to look like them.

He posted on Facebook about wanting to do something “right” and meaningful.

But throughout all this, Malone describe herself as “oddly responsible,” wanting to help her moms pay the bills as young as 10.

The vast majority of New Yorkers seem to disagree, wanting the Santas gone for good.

Which was sweet and also troubling, because it meant that I have never shut up about wanting to be Peter Pan.

Around the table were seated about twenty persons, amongst whom the usual sprinkling of sacerdotes was not wanting.

Gottschal knew perfectly well what was wanting, but he wished to have a little fun out of the matter.

I should judge from what I see and feel that shade is seldom wanting here, except as a shield from the rain.

Work was not wanting also in repairing and roofing the buildings and the mill, abandoned since our return in 1607.

Yet here it appears to be the one thing wanting to give success to that despair of aeronauts, military ballooning.

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