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wanting — [wän′tiŋ] adj. 1. absent; lacking; missing [a coat with some buttons wanting] 2. not up to some standard; inadequate in some essential [weighed and found wanting] prep. 1. lacking (something); without [a watch wanting a minute hand] 2. minus;… … English World dictionary
Wanting — Want ing, a. Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wanting — index defective, deficient, delinquent (overdue), destitute, devoid, faulty, imperfect, inadept … Law dictionary
wanting discretion — index imprudent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wanting in candor — index disingenuous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wanting in probity — index dishonest, fraudulent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wanting in proportion — index disproportionate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wanting — [adj] lacking, inadequate absent, away, bankrupt, bereft, burned out*, cooked*, cut off, defective, deficient, deprived, destitute, devoid, disappointing, empty, failing, faulty, gone, half baked*, imperfect, incomplete, in default, inferior,… … New thesaurus
wanting — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking in something required, necessary, or usual. 2) absent; not provided … English terms dictionary
wanting — want|ing [ˈwɔntıŋ US ˈwo:n , ˈwa:n ] adj [not before noun] formal something that is wanting lacks or misses something that it needs or something that you expect it to have ▪ Their security procedures were found wanting . wanting in ▪ They were… … Dictionary of contemporary English
wanting — adjective (not before noun) 1 be found wanting proven not to be good enough for a particular purpose: Traditional solutions had been tried and found wanting. 2 wanting in sth formal not having enough of something: wanting in grace and tact 3… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
