wanting

adj.

1. Absent; lacking.
2. Not measuring up to standards or expectations.

prep.

1. Without.
2. Minus; less: an hour wanting 15 minutes.

adjective

1. Not present: absent, away, gone, missing. See absence.
2. Deficient in a usual or needed amount: absent, lacking. See excess/insufficiency/enough.
3. Lacking an essential element: defective, deficient, incomplete, lacking. See better/worse, excess/insufficiency/enough.
4. Not having a desirable element: barren, destitute, devoid, empty, innocent, lacking, void. Idioms: in want of. See full/empty/capacity.
5. Not enough to meet a demand or requirement: deficient, inadequate, insufficient, scarce, short, shy¹, under. See big/small/amount, excess/insufficiency/enough.

adj

Definition: lacking, inadequate
Antonyms: adequate, perfect, satisfactory, sufficient

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IN BRIEF: Feeling a desire for; Longing, wishing, needing, craving

Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. — Carl Sandburg, Source: Poetry Considered

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - mangelfuld, manglende, mangle
prep. - uden, da man ikke havde

idioms:

• found wanting    fundet for let
• Without wanting to..    uden at ville, ubevidst

Nederlands (Dutch)
zonder, ontberend, nodig hebbend

Français (French)
adj. - qui fait défaut, manquant, (Relig) réprouvé
prep. - à défaut de, faute de

idioms:

• found wanting    (Relig) être réprouvé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - wollend, fehlend, nicht ausreichend
prep. - ohne

idioms:

• found wanting    für unzureichend befunden

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - απουσιάζων, ελλείπων, υστερών, υποδεέστερος, ανεπαρκής, λειψός

idioms:

• found wanting    υστερώ, κρίνομαι κατώτερος (προσδοκιών)
• Without wanting to..    χωρίς να θέλω να..

Italiano (Italian)
mancante, insufficiente

idioms:

• "without wanting to.."    senza voler...
• found wanting    dichiarato inaccettabile, trovato insufficiente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ausente

idioms:

• "without wanting to.."    sem desejar
• found wanting    encontrado o procurado

Русский (Russian)
не обладающий (чем-л.), недостающий, ненормальный, при отсутствии

idioms:

• "without wanting to.."    "не хочу показаться (грубым/невежливым и т.д.), но ... "
• found wanting    не оправдал ожиданий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - deficiente, ausente, defectuoso, carente de inteligencia, indigente
prep. - sin, menos

idioms:

• found wanting    no está a la altura de las exigencias

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - saknande, bristande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
欠缺的, 不够格的, 不足的, 没有, 除了, 缺少

idioms:

• found wanting    被发现缺了...
• Without wanting to..    不小心的..., 不是故意的...

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 欠缺的, 不夠格的, 不足的
prep. - 沒有, 除了, 缺少

idioms:

• found wanting    被發現缺了...
• Without wanting to..    不小心的..., 不是故意的...

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 빠져 있는, 부족한, 제 힘을 다 발휘하지 않는
prep. - ~이 없는(without), ~이 모자라는 (minus)

idioms:

• Without wanting to..    ~의 부족함 없이

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 欠けている, 足りない
prep. - …がない

idioms:

• without wanting to..    欠けることなく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غائب, مفقود, ناقص, ضعيف, غير كف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר, נעדר, לא מספיק‬
prep. - ‮ללא, בלי, בהעדר, פחות‬

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