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wanting definition

want·ing (wän′tiŋ)

adjective

  1. absent; lacking; missing a coat with some buttons wanting
  2. not up to some standard; inadequate in some essential weighed and found wanting

  1. lacking (something); without a watch wanting a minute hand
  2. 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.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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