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wanting
(encz) | wanting,natvrdlý adj: [hovor.] PetrV |
wanting
(encz) | wanting,nedostačující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Wanting
(gcide) | Want \Want\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wanted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wanting.]
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1. To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to
have; to lack; as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to
want learning; to want food and clothing.
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They that want honesty, want anything. --Beau. & Fl.
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Nor think, though men were none,
That heaven would want spectators, God want praise.
--Milton.
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The unhappy never want enemies. --Richardson.
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2. To have occasion for, as useful, proper, or requisite; to
require; to need; as, in winter we want a fire; in summer
we want cooling breezes.
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3. To feel need of; to wish or long for; to desire; to crave.
" What wants my son?" --Addison.
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I want to speak to you about something. --A.
Trollope.
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Wanting
(gcide) | Wanting \Want"ing\, a.
Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy;
as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in
exertion.
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wanting
(wn) | wanting
adj 1: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was
lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting]
2: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education";
"deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested
and found wanting" [syn: deficient, lacking(p),
wanting(p)] |
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wanting
(encz) | wanting,natvrdlý adj: [hovor.] PetrVwanting,nedostačující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
wanting in
(encz) | wanting in,nemající adj: PetrV |
Awanting
(gcide) | Awanting \A*want"ing\, a. [Pref. a- + wanting.]
Missing; wanting. [Prov. Scot. & Eng.] --Sir W. Hamilton.
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wanting
(wn) | wanting
adj 1: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was
lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting]
2: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education";
"deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested
and found wanting" [syn: deficient, lacking(p),
wanting(p)] |
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