Definition of wanting

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Wanting (a.) Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion..

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Insensate :: Insensate (a.) Wanting sensibility; destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.
Insipid :: Insipid (a.) Wanting in the qualities which affect the organs of taste; without taste or savor; vapid; tasteless; as, insipid drink or food..
Graceless :: Graceless (a.) Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt..
Incomplete :: Incomplete (a.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower.
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..
Fail :: Fail (v. t.) To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.
Imperfect :: Imperfect (a.) Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone..
Diffident :: Diffident (a.) Wanting confidence in others; distrustful.
Dishonorable :: Dishonorable (a.) Wanting in honor; not honorable; bringing or deserving dishonor; staining the character, and lessening the reputation; shameful; disgraceful; base..
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Feeble of mind; wanting discernment; lacking vigor; spiritless; as, a weak king or magistrate..
Acranial :: Acranial (a.) Wanting a skull.
Dull :: Dull (superl.) Slow of understanding; wanting readiness of apprehension; stupid; doltish; blockish.
Churlish :: Churlish (a.) Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals..
Insipient :: Insipient (a.) Wanting wisdom; stupid; foolish.
Derelict :: Derelict (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful..
Disgracious :: Disgracious (a.) Wanting grace; unpleasing; disagreeable.
Bare :: Bare (a.) Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture..
Old :: Old (superl.) Aged; antiquated; hence, wanting in the mental vigor or other qualities belonging to youth; -- used disparagingly as a term of reproach..
Weak-kneed :: Weak-kneed (a.) Having weak knees; hence, easily yielding; wanting resolution..
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