Wanting

ahd-5
  • adjective. Absent; lacking.
  • adjective. Not measuring up to standards or expectations.
  • preposition. Without; missing.
  • preposition. Minus; less.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Deficient or lacking.
  • Needy; poor.
  • Except; less; minus.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Absent or lacking.
  • preposition. without
  • verb. Present participle of want.
  • noun. The state of wanting something; desire.
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  • adjective. inadequate in amount or degree
  • adjective. nonexistent
    • Word Usage
    "He had no faith -- he was a hardened unbeliever -- and she could not make herself think of that at all -- could not stop herself from wanting -- _wanting_ him for her own, whatever happened."
    Equivalent
    inadequate  nonexistent  unequal  
    Form
    wantingly  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    awning  conning  donning  spawning  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    absconded  absent  absent  adulterated  appetitive  
    verb-stem
    want  
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