All wanting synonyms
wantΒ·ing
W w adjective wanting
- deficient β If someone or something is deficient in a particular thing, they do not have the full amount of it that they need in order to function normally or work properly.
- inadequate β not adequate or sufficient; inept or unsuitable.
- imperfect β not perfect; lacking completeness: imperfect knowledge.
- defective β If something is defective, there is something wrong with it and it does not work properly.
- below par β If you say that someone or something is below par or under par, you are disappointed in them because they are below the standard you expected.
- lacking β being without; not having; wanting; less: Lacking equipment, the laboratory couldn't undertake the research project.
- unfulfilled β not carried out or done: many unfulfilled requests.
- absent β If someone or something is absent from a place or situation where they should be or where they usually are, they are not there.
- bankrupt β People or organizations that go bankrupt do not have enough money to pay their debts.
- cooked β to prepare (food) by the use of heat, as by boiling, baking, or roasting.
- deprived β Deprived people or people from deprived areas do not have the things that people consider to be essential in life, for example acceptable living conditions or education.
- disappointing β failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.
- empty β A container (esp. a bottle or glass) left empty of its contents.
- failing β Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
- gone β past participle of go1 .
- missing β Missing definition
- needed β necessary, required, or wanted (usually used in combination): a much-needed vacation.
- omitted β to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
- scant β barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- short β having little length; not long.
- shy β bashful; retiring.
- away β If someone or something moves or is moved away from a place, they move or are moved so that they are no longer there. If you are away from a place, you are not in the place where people expect you to be.
- bereft β If a person or thing is bereft of something, they no longer have it.
- cut off β If you cut something off, you remove it with a knife or a similar tool.
- destitute β Someone who is destitute has no money or possessions.
- devoid β destitute or void (of); free (from)
- faulty β having faults or defects; imperfect.
- half-baked β insufficiently cooked.
- incomplete β not complete; lacking some part.
- inferior β lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- less β not at all (used before a verb): He little knows what awaits him.
- minus β less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.
- patchy β characterized by or made up of patches.
- poor β having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
- scanty β scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scarce β insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
- sketchy β like a sketch; giving only outlines or essentials. Synonyms: cursory, rough, meager, crude.
- substandard β below standard or less than adequate: substandard housing conditions.
- unsound β not sound; unhealthy, diseased, or disordered, as the body or mind.