How do you pronounce wanting?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɑntɪŋ/.

Where does wanting come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

wanting

/ˈwɑntɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: want-ing
IPA: /ˈwɑntɪŋ/

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Meaning

adj

That wants or desires.

adj

Absent or lacking.

adj

Deficient.

prep

Without, except, but.

prep

Less, short of, minus.

verb

present participle and gerund of want

noun

The state of wanting something; desire.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"Kate felt privileged to have been permitted to speak through it and she was glad that, as before, she had been judged and not found wanting"
"Choice occurs only when we experience a conflict of wantings."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wantyng

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈwɑntɪŋ/
British English: /ˈwɒntɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more wanting (comparative) most wanting (superlative) wantings (plural)

Derived Forms

awanting unwanting wantingly wantingness

Phrases

find wanting

Synonyms

deficient lacking absent missing