Definition of wanting

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Wanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wan.

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Blottesque :: Blottesque (a.) Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; wanting in delineation.
Feeble :: Feeble (superl.) Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion..
Diffident :: Diffident (a.) Wanting confidence in others; distrustful.
Spare :: Spare (v. t.) Lean; wanting flesh; meager; thin; gaunt.
Blunt :: Blunt (a.) Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
Halfen :: Halfen (a.) Wanting half its due qualities.
Prosthesis :: Prosthesis (n.) The addition to the human body of some artificial part, to replace one that is wanting, as a log or an eye; -- called also prothesis..
Fluxive :: Fluxive (a.) Flowing; also, wanting solidity..
Sleazy :: Sleazy (a.) Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin..
Frigid :: Frigid (a.) Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate..
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits..
Insipid :: Insipid (a.) Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food..
Low :: Low (superl.) Wanting strength or animation; depressed; dejected; as, low spirits; low in spirits..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Wanting in point or vigor of expression; as, a weak sentence; a weak style..
Pale :: Pale (v. i.) Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue..
Much :: Much (Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by) Many in number..
Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Wanting the beginning.
Void :: Void (a.) Being without; destitute; free; wanting; devoid; as, void of learning, or of common use..
Fail :: Fail (v. t.) To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.
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