Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

awanting

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: awant-ing
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

missing; wanting; deficient or absent

Example Sentences

"1852?: William Hamilton In either case criticism was required, and criticism was awanting."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English wanting English awanting From a- + wanting.

Questions

What does awanting mean?: missing; wanting; deficient or absent
Where does awanting come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English wanting English awanting From a- + wanting.

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