Synonyms for wanting
ˈwɒn tɪŋ, ˈwɔn-want·ing

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1. lacking, absent, missing, wantingadjective

   nonexistent

   "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"

   Synonyms:
   abstracted, scatty, lacking(p), lacking, wanting(p), absentminded, deficient, absent, missing

   Antonyms:
   existent, equal, adequate, existing

2. deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p)adjective

   inadequate in amount or degree

   "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"

   Antonyms:
   existent, existing, equal, adequate

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1. wantingadjective

   Synonyms:
   deficient, defective, lacking

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1. wantingadjective

   Synonyms:
   absent, lacking, missing, deficient, defective, needy, destitute

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1. List of paraphrases for "wanting":

   wishing, desiring

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1. List of known nicknames for "Wanting":

   Wanting Qu, Wanting, Qu Wanting, Wanting Qu

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1. Ann Landers:

   Maturity is the ability to do a job whether or not you are supervised, to carry money without spending it and to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.

2. Kurt Cobain:

   Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

3. Benjamin Franklin:

   Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting,

4. Lindsey Graham:

   In 1950, there were 16 workers for every retiree. How many are there today? There are three, in 20 years, there is going to be two, and you're going to have 80 million Baby Boomers like me retiring en masse, wanting a Social Security check and their Medicare bills paid. We're going to need more legal immigration. Let's make it logical. Let's pick people from all over the world on our terms, not just somebody from Mexico. Let's create a rational, legal immigration system because we have a declining workforce.

5. Candace Aikin:

   And he kept coming in there and wanting her to go... But she said no, she wasn't going with him and she didn't want me to get out of the bed... and I was afraid.