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wanting
wanting
SEE DEFINITION OF
wanting
WORDS RELATED TO
WANTING
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
broke
destitute
disadvantaged
dispossessed
in need
needy
poor
underprivileged
wanting
empty
adjective
containing nothing
abandoned
bare
barren
blank
clear
dead
deflated
depleted
desert
deserted
desolate
despoiled
destitute
devoid
dry
evacuated
exhausted
forsaken
godforsaken
hollow
lacking
stark
unfilled
unfurnished
uninhabited
unoccupied
vacant
vacated
vacuous
void
wanting
waste
failing
adjective
not well, weak
declining
defeated
deficient
faint
feeble
inadequate
insufficient
scant
scanty
scarce
short
shy
unavailing
unprosperous
unsuccessful
unsufficient
unthriving
vain
wanting
insufficient
adjective
not enough; lacking
bereft
defective
deficient
destitute
devoid
drained
dry
failing
faulty
imperfect
inadequate
incapable
incommensurate
incompetent
incomplete
infrequent
meager
minus
out of
poor
rare
scant
scarce
short
short of
shy
thin
too little too late
unample
unfinished
unfitted
unqualified
unsatisfactory
wanting
meager
adjective
very thin
angular
bare
beanpole
beanstalk
bony
broomstick
emaciated
gangling
gangly
gaunt
hungry
lacking
lank
lanky
lean
lithe
little
narrow
rattleboned
rawboned
scraggy
scrawny
skin and bones
skinny
slender
slim
spare
starved
stinted
stunted
tenuous
underfed
wanting
willowy
withered
missing
adjective
gone, absent
AWOL
astray
away
disappeared
lacking
left behind
left out
lost
mislaid
misplaced
not present
nowhere to be found
omitted
removed
short
unaccounted for
wanting
poverty-stricken
adjective
very poor
bad off
bankrupt
beggared
beggarly
broke
destitute
dirt poor
distressed
down and out
down-and-out
hard up
impencunious
impoverished
in dire circumstances
in great need; financially poor
in want
indigent
miserably poor
moneyless
necessitous
needful
needy
penniless
penurious
poor
short
stone broke
stranded
strapped
suffering
unmoneyed
wanting
requesting
adjective
asking
calling for
demanding
petitioning
requisitioning
seeking
soliciting
wanting
wishing
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