"find wanting" meaning in All languages combined

See find wanting on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: finds wanting [present, singular, third-person], finding wanting [participle, present], found wanting [participle, past], found wanting [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|find<,,found> wanting}} find wanting (third-person singular simple present finds wanting, present participle finding wanting, simple past and past participle found wanting)
  1. Show to be not good enough.
    Sense id: en-find_wanting-en-verb-NXiXEhJn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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      "form": "found wanting",
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        "Show to be not good enough."
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