wanting
adjectiveprepositionverbnouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈwɒntɪŋ//
- United States//ˈwɑntɪŋ//
That wants or desires.
adjective
- 1
That wants or desires.
- 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.
[…] but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.
Discal black dot small or wanting. Transverse posterior line reduced to two dotlets or altogether wanting.
- 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
Etymology
From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want + -ing.
preposition
- 1
Without, except, but.
- 2
Less, short of, minus.
verb
- 1
Also a form of wantpresent participle and gerund of want
noun
- 1
The state of wanting something; desire.
Choice occurs only when we experience a conflict of wantings.
Etymology
From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, equivalent to want + -ing.
Forms
- plural
- wantings
- comparative
- more wanting
- superlative
- most wanting