wanting
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Synonyms & Antonyms for wanting
Synonyms: Adjective
bad, bastard, bush, bush-league, crummy (also crumby), deficient, dissatisfactory, ill, inferior, lame, lousy, off, paltry, poor, punk, sour, suboptimal, subpar, substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, wack [slang], wretched, wrong
Synonyms: Preposition
Antonyms: Adjective
acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, fine, OK (or okay), passable, respectable, satisfactory, standard, tolerable
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Examples of wanting in a Sentence
Adjective
we tried her cooking and found it to be very wanting at this time of year food for many wild animals is wantingPreposition
a mitten wanting its mate
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
That is the worst kind of adverse selection — more wanting coverage coming in, more providers leaving. — Dorothy Cociu, Orange County Register, "Don’t kill choice in health care," 10 June 2017Keep scrolling for more
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