awanting

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adjective

missing; wanting; deficient or absent

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Meanings

adjectiveawanting (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemissing; wanting; deficient or absent

    1852?: William Hamilton In either case criticism was required, and criticism was awanting.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
deficientdismalinadequatelackingleanleerpoorscantlingsorrythreadbareunsatisfactoryvoid

Origin

From a- + wanting.

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Cite this entry
APA

awanting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awanting

MLA

“awanting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awanting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “awanting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awanting.

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