be+wanting
21wanting — adjective 1) the defenses were found wanting Syn: deficient, inadequate, lacking, insufficient, imperfect, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, flawed, faulty, defective, unsound, substandard, inferior, second rate, poor, shoddy …
22Wanting — Want Want, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wanting}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and clothing …
23wanting — lacking or absent. Used in older descriptions of fishes, e.g. wanting pelvic fins is not a wish on the part of the fish …
24wanting — 1. adjective Absent or lacking. but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given. 2. preposition without …
25wanting — Synonyms and related words: absconded, absent, adulterated, appetitive, arrested, away, bankrupt in, bare of, bereaved, bereaved of, bereft, bereft of, blemished, callow, cut off, damaged, defective, deficient, deleted, denuded, denuded of,… …
26wanting — [ˈwɒntɪŋ] adj not as good as something should be UN peacekeeping forces were found wanting.[/ex] …
27wanting — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lacking, missing, absent. See absence. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Deficient] Syn. destitute, poor, in default of, deprived of, denuded of, bereft of, devoid of, empty of, bankrupt in, cut off,… …
28wanting — want·ing || wÉ‘ntɪŋ / wÉ’n adj. missing, absent; deficient; lacking; without; less, minus wÉ‘nt /wÉ’nt n. desire; lack, shortage; poverty; need, demand v. desire; need; be without; lack; be deficient; be impoverished …
29wanting — adjective lacking in something required, necessary, or usual. ↘informal deficient in intelligence …
30wanting — a. 1. Deficient, defective, lacking, absent. 2. Slack, deficient, backward, lacking …
