wanting[adjective]Synonyms:- lacking, absent, incomplete, missing, short, shy
- inadequate, defective, deficient, faulty, imperfect, poor, substandard, unsound
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
want‧ing /ˈwɒntɪŋ $ ˈwɒːn-, ˈwɑːn-/
adjective [not before noun] formal something that is wanting lacks or misses something that it needs or something that you expect it to have:
Their security procedures were found wanting.wanting in They were skilled, but wanting in discipline. A certain humanity is wanting in big cities. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲