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Wanting

//ˈwɑntɪŋ// adj, noun, prep, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That wants or desires.
  2. 2
    Absent or lacking.

    "Already Cæſar Has ravaged more than half the Globe, and ſees Mankind grown thin by his deſtructive Sword: Should he go further, Numbers would be wanting To form new Battels, and ſupport his Crimes."

  3. 3
    Deficient.

    "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"

Adjective
  1. 1
    inadequate in amount or degree wordnet
  2. 2
    nonexistent wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The state of wanting something; desire. countable, uncountable

    "Choice occurs only when we experience a conflict of wantings."

Preposition
  1. 1
    Without, except, but.
  2. 2
    Less, short of, minus.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of want form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want + -ing.

Etymology 2

From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want + -ing.

Etymology 3

From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want + -ing.

Etymology 4

From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, equivalent to want + -ing.

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