wanting
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Pronunciation
[change]Verb
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Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- The present participle of want.
Adjective
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Positive |
Comparative |
Superlative |
- (not before a noun) not good enough
- After we hired him, we found his abilities wanting.
Preposition
[change]Preposition |
- without
- I've got a right shoe wanting a left.