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Word entry · 7 letters

wanting

Best crossword clue

"Not enough"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɑntɪŋ/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aginntwStarts with WEnds with G1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. inadequate in amount or degree

Word origin

From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want + -ing.

Used in a sentence

  • Already Cæſar Has ravaged more than half the Globe, and ſees Mankind grown thin by his deſtructive Sword: Should he go further, Numbers would be wanting To form new Battels, and ſupport his Crimes.
  • […] but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.
  • Discal black dot small or wanting. Transverse posterior line reduced to two dotlets or altogether wanting.

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