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find wanting

find wanting verb: show to be not good enough.

Verb

find wanting (third-person singular simple present finds wanting, present participle finding wanting, simple past and past participle found wanting)

  1. Show to be not good enough.

Forms of find wanting

third-person singular presentfinds wanting
present participlefinding wanting
past participlefound wanting
pastfound wanting

Questions about find wanting

What does find wanting mean?
Find wanting means show to be not good enough.
What part of speech is find wanting?
Find wanting is a verb.
What is the past tense of find wanting?
The past tense of find wanting is found wanting.

Words near find wanting in the dictionary

  1. find the gaps
  2. find the lady
  3. find the latchstring out
  4. find the net
  5. find time
  6. find wanting
  7. find work
  8. find your height
  9. find-as-you-type
  10. find-spot
  11. find-spots

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