wanting
wanting is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absence
- and
- arrear
- back
- balance
- become
- below
- bottom
- break
- candle
- caret
- come
- commonalty
- complete
- contract
- contracted
- crude
- decrease
- defalcation
- default
- defect
- defective
- deficiency
- deficient
- deficit
- deodorant
- deodorization
- deodorize
- deodorizer
- disadvantage
- discontinuity
- ebb
- failing
- fall
- fiddle
- fiend
- fit
- for
- forget
- forgot
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is wanting.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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