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wanting

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wanting/ˈwɒntɪŋ/

▶adjective lacking in something required, necessary, or usual.

■ informal deficient in intelligence.

'wanting' also found in these Oxford entries:

content - desire - desirous - eager - indolent - interest - sick - thirst - undesirous - voracious

Forum discussions with the word(s) "wanting" in the title:

... spoken of wanting to train as a doctor
... test the limits of my mind which, while wanting, is holding and ...
'Wanting' progressive
"... for women wanting to..."
an adjective meaning "wanting"
Are you wanting something?
Are you wanting to
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came across you wanting to imrove
Do you want? or Are you wanting?
During the fire the birds died from wanting of air to breathe.
From the/x wanting of food
have been wanting
he must have been really not wanting wearing the costume.
he’d been wanting to do for a bit anyway.
her logic is wanting
I have been wanting
I was wanting..?
I'm not wanting you to go
if you are wanting
Isn't the wanting richer?
needing, wanting
no one... "can take anything wanting"
not wanting,wanting not,not to want?
skipping the "t" sound in "wanting" like [wɔːnɪŋ]
thirty not wanting to be taught
to feel like wanting to
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