Synonyms for wanting

Most common

lacking · missing · absent · deficient

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Adjective

Antonyms

sufficient, adequate, ample

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Deficient.

Example sentences

• missing I was angry about missing that film at the cinema.
• lacking The service is slow because they're lacking staff.
• lousy Back in the 1990s, Algeria had lousy infrastructure.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

bad¹

4 letters

void¹

5 letters

short¹, lousy²

6 letters

absent², scarce¹, devoid²

7 letters

missing², lacking², dearthy

9 letters

defective³, deficient³

10 letters

inadequate⁴

14 letters

unsatisfactory⁶

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lousy² = 2 syllables).