wanting

/'wɔntiɳ/
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wanting

The team's performance was found wanting in the final match.

Definition

Adjective 1. Lacking or deficient in something necessary or desirable: Describes a state of being without something that is needed, or not having enough of a particular quality. 2. Not present or available; absent: Describes something that is missing from a place or situation where it is expected. 3. Not meeting a required standard; inadequate: Describes something that fails to reach an expected or necessary level of quality or quantity.

Examples of Usage
  • Adjective (Deficient):
    • The team's performance was wanting in several key areas.
    • He is a brilliant scientist but wanting in social skills.
  • Adjective (Absent):
    • Two pages from the manuscript are wanting.
    • The necessary permits were still wanting, so construction could not begin.
  • Adjective (Inadequate):
    • The evidence presented by the prosecution was found wanting.
    • Her explanation for the delay was wanting.
Advanced Usage
  • "To be found wanting": This is a common formal or literary phrase meaning to be judged as inadequate or insufficient after being tested or examined.
    • When faced with a real crisis, their leadership was found wanting.
  • "Wanting in": A formal construction used to specify the particular quality that is lacking.
    • The proposal, while innovative, is wanting in practical details.
Variants and Related Words
  • Want (verb): To feel a need or desire for something; to lack something.
    • He wants courage. (He lacks courage.)
  • Wanted (adjective): Desired or sought after, especially by the authorities.
    • He is a wanted criminal. (This is a distinct meaning from 'wanting'.)
Synonyms
  • Lacking: Not having or not having enough of something.
  • Deficient: Not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient.
  • Inadequate: Not sufficient or acceptable in quality.
  • Absent: Not present in a place or situation.
Antonyms
  • Adequate: Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.
  • Sufficient: Enough; adequate.
  • Present: Existing or occurring in a place or thing.
  • Abundant: Existing or available in large quantities; plentiful.
Related Phrases
  • "For want of": Because of a lack of something.
    • The project failed for want of funding.
  • "Leave much to be desired": An idiom with a similar meaning to "be found wanting," indicating that something is unsatisfactory.
    • The hotel's cleanliness left much to be desired.
wanting

The team's performance was found wanting in the final match.

Adjective
  1. inadequate in amount or degree
    • a deficient education
    • deficient in common sense
    • lacking in stamina
    • tested and found wanting
  2. nonexistent
    • the thumb is absent
    • her appetite was lacking

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