Sekirov Dictionary

wanting

UK /ˈwɒntɪŋ/US /ˈwɑntɪŋ/

adjective 3
preposition 2
noun 1
forms 3

adjective3

•
Absent or lacking.
- Already Caesar 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. — 1712
•
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 — 1993
That wants or desires.

preposition2

Without, except, but.
Less, short of, minus.

noun1

•
The state of wanting something; desire.
- Choice occurs only when we experience a conflict of wantings. — 2004

forms

wantings · more wanting · most wanting

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