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[ won-ting, wawn- ] / ˈwɒn tɪŋ, ˈwɔn- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wanting ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivelacking or absent: a motor with some of the parts wanting. deficient in some part, thing, or respect: to be wanting in courtesy. prepositionlacking; without: a box wanting a lid. less; minus: a century wanting three years. Origin of wanting1250–1300; Middle English (adj.); see want, -ing2 Words nearby wantingWantagh, wantaway, wanted, want for nothing, want in, wanting, want knap, want list, wanton, Wanxian, wany Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wantingSo many girls are idolizing these models and wanting to look like them. How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models|Carrie Arnold|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST He posted on Facebook about wanting to do something “right” and meaningful. Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours|Michael Daly|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST But throughout all this, Malone describe herself as “oddly responsible,” wanting to help her moms pay the bills as young as 10. Jena Malone’s Long, Strange Trip From Homelessness to Hollywood Stardom|Marlow Stern|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST The vast majority of New Yorkers seem to disagree, wanting the Santas gone for good. Before the Bros, SantaCon Was as an Anti-Corporate Protest|David Freedlander|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Which was sweet and also troubling, because it meant that I have never shut up about wanting to be Peter Pan. The Cast of ‘Peter Pan Live!’ Knows You Hatewatched ‘The Sound of Music’|Kevin Fallon|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is in excellent preservation; the only parts which are wanting are the fingers of the right hand and the object which it held. A History of Art for Beginners and Students|Clara Erskine Clement Not only the idea itself, but all means of expressing it, were wanting to the Hebraic religion. Such too will not always be wanting; neither perhaps now are. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History|Thomas Carlyle "I reckon you don't lose a fortune by their wanting to go to bed," said Schomberg, with sombre sarcasm. Rick studied the man through half-lowered lids, not wanting to be rude by staring openly. The Flying Stingaree|Harold Leland Goodwin
British Dictionary definitions for wanting
adjective (postpositive)lacking or absent; missing not meeting requirements or expectationsyou 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 Words related to wantingdeficient, unfulfilled, gone, short, missing, shy, failing, deprived, disappointing, needed, omitted, scant, bankrupt, empty, absent, cooked, away, bereft, cut off, defective |