wanting
wanting definition
want·ing (wän′tiŋ)
adjective
- absent; lacking; missing a coat with some buttons wanting
- not up to some standard; inadequate in some essential weighed and found wanting
- lacking (something); without a watch wanting a minute hand
- minus; less a year wanting two weeks
wanting Idioms
wanting in
deficient in
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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