Wanting

/ˈwɑntɪŋ/

Synonyms for "wanting" (187 found)

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Closest matches (38)

absconded absent adulterated appetitive ardor arrested avid away bankruptbankrupt inbare ofbereavedbereaved ofbereftbereft ofblemished callow childish concupiscence curiosity

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cut offdamaged defective deficient deleted denudeddenuded ofdeparteddeprived ofdesiderative

Noun(5 words)

absence crave deficiency deficient desire

Adjective(2 words)

absent deficient

Adjective(1 words)

bad

Strong matches (56)

desireful desiring desirousdestitute ofdevoiddevoid ofdisappeared divested drive eager eagerness embryonic emptyempty oferroneous failing fallible fancy fantasy fate

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faultyfor want offorlorn offound wantinggonehalf assedhalf-assed hope hoping hormic hypoplastic immature impaired imperfect imprecise impurein arrearin arrearsin defaultin default ofin short supplyin want ofinaccurate inadequate incompetent incomplete inexact infant inferior insufficient

Noun(6 words)

desirous eager inadequate incomplete insufficient keen

Related words (93)

Noun(7 words)

lack lacking longing need shortage wish yearn

lacking lascivious libidinal libidinous libido lickerish lustful makeshift mediocre mind minus missing mixed needingno longer presentnonattendant nonexistentnot enoughnot foundnot perfect

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not presentoff omitted optativeout ofout of pocketout of sightpartparted frompartial passion patchy pleasurepleasure principlerobbed ofsans scantscant ofscanty scarce scrappy scrimpysexual desireshornshorn ofshortshort ofshorthanded shyshy ofsketchy skimpy slender strippedstripped ofsubtractedtaken awaytemptedtoo littleunblessed withunderdeveloped undevelopedunequal touneven unfinished unperfectedunpossessed ofunqualified unreached unsatisfactory unsatisfying unsound unsufficing unthorough urge vanished voidvoid ofwant way willwish fulfillmentwishing without

Adjective(2 words)

lacking missing

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

10 entries

cognition condition deficiency desireemotional stateinadequacy intentmental stateshortage state

More specific

18 entries

appetite cravingdata deficiencydeficient desirous eagerfunding deficiencyhunger inadequate incompleteness insufficient keen longingresource shortagescarcity shortage

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Collocations

13 entries

degree of wantingin want of fundsstate of wantingwanting evidencewanting expertisewanting fundswanting in precisionwanting in reliabilitywanting motivationwanting qualitywanting reliabilitywanting resourceswanting support

Inflections

4 entries

more wantingmost wantingwanted wants

Derivations

5 entries

to wantunwanted want wantingly wantingness

similar

3 entries

inadequate nonexistent unequal

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Not wanting is the same as having.

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I never see her without wanting to kiss her.

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Then the wild beasts start wanting to go crazy.

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Soon I found myself wanting to meet him and talk to him.

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