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Synonyms for wanting
adj lacking, inadequate- deficient
- unfulfilled
- absent
- bankrupt
- cooked
- deprived
- disappointing
- empty
- failing
- gone
- missing
- needed
- omitted
- scant
- short
- shy
- away
- bereft
- burned out
- cut off
- defective
- destitute
- devoid
- faulty
- half-baked
- imperfect
- in default
- incomplete
- inferior
- less
- minus
- not good enough
- not up to par
- out of gas
- patchy
- poor
- scanty
- scarce
- sketchy
- substandard
- too little too late
- unsound
Antonyms for wanting
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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More words related to wanting
absent
adjective. deficient in something needed or usual
bare
adjective. without covering or content
below par
adjective. second-rate in quality
bereft
adjective. lacking; missing
deficient
adjective. imperfect, inadequate
- amiss
- bad
- damaged
- defective
- exiguous
- faulty
- flawed
- found wanting
- impaired
- incomplete
- inferior
- infrequent
- injured
- insufficient
- lacking
- marred
- meager
- not cut out for
- not enough
- not make it
- not up to scratch
- outta gas
- rare
- scant
- scanty
- scarce
- second fiddle
- second string
- short
- shy
- sketchy
- skimpy
- third string
- unassembled
- unequal
- unfinished
- unsatisfactory
- wanting
- weak
deprived
adjective. impoverished
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.