wanting
/ˈwɑntɪŋ/ adjective C2- That wants or desires.
- Absent or lacking.
- Deficient.
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Thus seven or eight hundred piastres were wanting to them both to make up the sum that Albert required.
The assurance and jauntiness which generally marked his demeanour and dress were, however, wanting.
Marilla felt that he wanted it just as much this morning as he had the night before, and that he would go on wanting it.
_And what were childhood, wanting you?_
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