1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Want.

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

absconded absent adulterated appetitive arrested away bankrupt in bare of bereaved bereaved of bereft bereft of blemished callow cut off damaged defective deficient deleted denuded denuded of departed deprived of desiderative desireful desiring desirous destitute of devoid of disappeared divested eager embryonic empty of erroneous failing fallible fate faulty for want of forlorn of found wanting gone half-assed hoping hormic hypoplastic immature impaired imperfect imprecise impure in arrear in arrears in default in default of in short supply in want of inaccurate inadequate incompetent incomplete inexact infant inferior insufficient lacking lascivious libidinal libidinous lickerish lustful makeshift mediocre minus missing mixed needing no longer present nonattendant nonexistent not enough not found not perfect not present off omitted optative out of out of pocket out of sight part parted from partial patchy robbed of sans scant scant of scanty scarce scrappy shorn of short short of shy shy of sketchy stripped of subtracted taken away tempted too little unblessed with underdeveloped undeveloped unequal to uneven unfinished unperfected unpossessed of unqualified unreached unsatisfactory unsatisfying unsound unsufficing unthorough vanished void of wishing