[
UK
/wˈɒntɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈwɑnɪŋ, ˈwɑntɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈwɑnɪŋ, ˈwɑntɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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inadequate in amount or degree
tested and found wanting
lacking in stamina
deficient in common sense
a deficient education -
nonexistent
the thumb is absent
her appetite was lacking
How To Use wanting In A Sentence
- He is a bit upset by that, that anybody thought he was wanting to leave just for one half-time where I was more direct with the players than I have been for a few months.
- He shouldn't be courting her let alone possibly wanting to marry her.
- My fingertips at this point were being sliced to the bone on the cheesewire strings but with usual English politeness i ploughed on now wanting fiona to hurray up. TravelPod.com Recent Updates
- The reports of thefe pra&itioners are certainly favourable, in fome degree, to the idea of diluting the variolous contagion; however, many more fa&s are wanting deci - sively to edablifh the fuperiour advantage of this mode of inoculation.. The Analytical Review, Or History of Literature, Domestic and Foreign, on an Enlarged Plan
- Whether wanting is measured in quality or quantity depends entirely on the individuals concerned.
- They having observed where the Chest stood, and wanting a necessary mooveable to houshold, yet loath to lay out money for buying it: complotted together this very night, to steale it thence, and carry it home to their house, as accordingly they did; finding it somewhat heavy, and therefore imagining, that matter of woorth was contained therein. The Decameron
- If she was stuck with wanting a man whose background and conditioning were alien to her, then that was her problem.
- You wouldn't be wanting me to, say, authenticate it, would you? WHISTLER IN THE DARK
- He kicked my ankles up the steps, my legs not wanting to operate. A DARKENING STAIN
- If you want good rental fodder, you have to imagine people wanting to live there. Times, Sunday Times