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found wanting





ADJECTIVE
undermanned
Synonyms


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Army isn’t the first to be found wanting by Ukrainian drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

England's selection, preparation and method have all been found wanting.

From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2025

But we can also work to build a more vibrant, more inviting and more effective democracy, rather than defending a status quo that almost everyone agrees has been found wanting.

From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2024

Can — at the ripe old age of 25 — had been judged and weighed by soccer’s elite, and found wanting.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2024

Somewhere in fantasyland Ignatius was dreaming of a terrified Myma Minkoff being tried by a court of Taste and Decency and found wanting.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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