wanting

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑntɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒntɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒntɪŋ

wanting (comparative more wanting, superlative most wanting)

1. That wants or desires.
2. Absent or lacking.
   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 171,

     […] but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.

3. Deficient.
   • 1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 151:

     Kate felt privileged to have been permitted to speak through it and she was glad that, as before, she had been judged and not found wanting

• wantingly

wanting

1. Without, except, but.
2. Less than, short of, minus.

wanting

1. present participle of want

wanting (plural wantings)

1. The state of wanting something; desire.