Wanting

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Absent; lacking.
  • adj. Not measuring up to standards or expectations.
  • preposition. Without.
  • preposition. Minus; less: an hour wanting 15 minutes.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Absent or lacking.
  • preposition. without
  • v. Present participle of want.
  • n. The state of wanting something; desire.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Deficient or lacking.
  • Needy; poor.
  • Except; less; minus.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. inadequate in amount or degree
  • adj. nonexistent
  • Equivalent
    inadequate    unequal    nonexistent   
    Form
    wantingly   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    absent    lacking    missing    destitute    needy    minus    gone    lost    destroyed    deficient   
    Verb Stem
    want   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    awning    conning    donning    spawning