"wanting" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɑntɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈwɒntɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-wanting.ogg [US] Forms: more wanting [comparative], most wanting [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒntɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wantyng}} Middle English wantyng, {{m|enm|wantynge}} wantynge, {{m|enm|wantand}} wantand, {{af|en|want|-ing|id2=participial}} want + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} wanting (comparative more wanting, superlative most wanting)
  1. That wants or desires.
    Sense id: en-wanting-en-adj-2HViyiX8
  2. Absent or lacking. Translations (absent or lacking): عاوز [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), лишен (lišen) (Bulgarian), липсващ (lipsvašt) (Bulgarian), díothach (Irish), uireasach (Irish), easpach (Irish), کم (kam) (Persian), deficiente (Portuguese), desprovido (Portuguese), faltante (Portuguese), 𑀡𑀽𑀡 (ṇūṇa) (Prakrit), ऊन (ūna) (Sanskrit), uireasbhach (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-wanting-en-adj-BzmRzl6j Disambiguation of 'absent or lacking': 1 85 14
  3. Deficient.
    Sense id: en-wanting-en-adj-M~gi2-QJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: find wanting, wantingly
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈwɑntɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈwɒntɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-wanting.ogg [US] Forms: wantings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒntɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, equivalent to want + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wantyng}} Middle English wantyng, {{m|enm|wantynge}} wantynge, {{af|en|want|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} want + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wanting (countable and uncountable, plural wantings)
  1. The state of wanting something; desire. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wanting-en-noun-T~Ywmhvj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

IPA: /ˈwɑntɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈwɒntɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-wanting.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɒntɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wantyng}} Middle English wantyng, {{m|enm|wantynge}} wantynge, {{m|enm|wantand}} wantand, {{af|en|want|-ing|id2=participial}} want + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} wanting, {{en-prep}} wanting
  1. Without, except, but.
    Sense id: en-wanting-en-prep-vte6bWfi
  2. Less, short of, minus.
    Sense id: en-wanting-en-prep-kQDftw~B
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɑntɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈwɒntɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-wanting.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɒntɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wantyng}} Middle English wantyng, {{m|enm|wantynge}} wantynge, {{m|enm|wantand}} wantand, {{af|en|want|-ing|id2=participial}} want + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wanting
  1. present participle and gerund of want Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: want
    Sense id: en-wanting-en-verb-t19l5uim Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 6 2 3 10 72 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 8 13 9 18 23 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 6 6 5 5 8 11 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 7 8 7 8 14 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "absent or lacking",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "عاوز"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lišen",
      "sense": "absent or lacking",
      "word": "лишен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lipsvašt",
      "sense": "absent or lacking",
      "word": "липсващ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "absent or lacking",
      "word": "díothach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "absent or lacking",
      "word": "uireasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "absent or lacking",
      "word": "easpach"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "absent or lacking",
      "word": "کم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "absent or lacking",
      "word": "deficiente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "absent or lacking",
      "word": "desprovido"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "absent or lacking",
      "word": "faltante"
    },
    {
      "code": "inc-pra",
      "lang": "Prakrit",
      "roman": "ṇūṇa",
      "sense": "absent or lacking",
      "word": "𑀡𑀽𑀡"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "ūna",
      "sense": "absent or lacking",
      "word": "ऊन"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "absent or lacking",
      "word": "uireasbhach"
    }
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}

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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "2004, Joseph H. Casey S.J., Life, Love, and Sex",
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