Synonyms for wanting
ˈwɒn tɪŋ, ˈwɔn-want·ing

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1. lacking, absent, missing, wantingadjective

   nonexistent

   "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"

   Synonyms:
   abstracted, scatty, lacking(p), lacking, wanting(p), absentminded, deficient, absent, missing

   Antonyms:
   existent, equal, adequate, existing

2. deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p)adjective

   inadequate in amount or degree

   "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"

   Antonyms:
   existent, existing, equal, adequate

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1. wantingadjective

   Synonyms:
   deficient, defective, lacking

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1. wantingadjective

   Synonyms:
   absent, lacking, missing, deficient, defective, needy, destitute

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1. List of paraphrases for "wanting":

   wishing, desiring

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1. List of known nicknames for "Wanting":

   Wanting Qu, Wanting, Qu Wanting, Wanting Qu

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1. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   Faith: not *wanting* to know what is true.

2. Brendan Matthews:

   Police Officer Rusten Sheskey didn't go to work wanting to shoot anybody. Police Officer Rusten Sheskey went to work trying to help people. That's what Police Officer Rusten Sheskey does every day, police Officer Rusten Sheskey absolutely did not want this to happen.

3. Kaname Harada:

   Until the war, I had never experienced feelings of wanting to put an end to people I had nothing against. They had families. They had children. They did not want to die. This is my most painful past, enemies looked at me with despair and expressed with their hands for me to have some mercy. But in war, if you let them go, they will attack us back. In the front line, only one side survives.

4. Dan Madsen:

   This is a real starting ground for people wanting to get into the fashion industry and it's a way for them to explore their creativity.

5. Anonymous:

   I want to do one kind thing, for at least one person every day. I might not be able to help everyone, or save the world. But I could make somebody's day, help someone into wanting to do that same thing. And that, is beautiful.