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- Dictionarywanting/ˈwɒntɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. lacking in a required or necessary quality: "they weren't wanting in confidence" Similar Opposite
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Wanting can be an adjective meaning absent, lacking, or deficient, or a preposition meaning without or minus. Learn more about its usage, origin, and related words from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
not having something; lacking: I think she's perhaps a little wanting in charm. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Scarce, inadequate and not enough. be at a premium idiom. be thin on the ground idiom. chronic shortage. dearth. dearth of something.
Wanting definition: lacking or absent. See examples of WANTING used in a sentence.
Definition of 'wanting' Word Frequency. wanting. (wɒntɪŋ ) adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you find something or someone wanting, they are not of as high a standard as you think they should be. He analysed his game and found it wanting. Eleanor was scrutinized, too, and often found wanting. He is wanting in moral constraints. [ Also + in]
Wanting is an adjective that means not having enough of something or not good enough. Learn how to use it in formal contexts with examples, synonyms and pronunciation tips.
If something's wanting, there's not enough of something necessary in it. If your essay is wanting, it's missing something important and won't get an A. Try adding body paragraphs. If you forget the sugar in your chocolate chip cookies, you'll find them wanting when you taste them.
noun. something wanted or needed; necessity: My wants are few. Synonyms: desideratum. something desired, demanded, or required: a person of childish, capricious wants. absence or deficiency of something desirable or requisite; lack: plants dying for want of rain.
