wanting

Definitions

Lacking or deficient in a required or expected quality.

Not present or in existence; missing.

A feeling of desire or need for something.

Examples

She felt a deep sense of wanting for a life she had never truly experienced.

The report was found wanting in several key areas, leading to a request for further revisions.

Synonyms

lacking deficient inadequate insufficient needing short missing

Antonyms

sufficient adequate complete ample satisfactory plentiful abundant