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awanting

awanting adjective: missing; wanting; deficient or absent.

Adjective

awanting (not comparable)

  1. missing; wanting; deficient or absent
    • 1852?: William Hamilton
      In either case criticism was required, and criticism was awanting.

Origin of awanting

From a- + wanting.

Questions about awanting

What does awanting mean?
Awanting means missing; wanting; deficient or absent.
What part of speech is awanting?
Awanting is an adjective.

Words near awanting in the dictionary

  1. awamori
  2. awamoris
  3. Awan
  4. Awang East
  5. Awang West
  6. awanting
  7. Awanyu
  8. awapuhi
  9. awara
  10. awaras
  11. award

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