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wantage

wantage noun: want; lack; deficiency.

Noun

wantage (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) want; lack; deficiency

Proper noun capitalized: Wantage

Wantage

  1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England, originally in Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3988).
  2. A township in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States.

Questions about wantage

What does wantage mean?
Wantage means want; lack; deficiency.
What part of speech is wantage?
Wantage can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near wantage in the dictionary

  1. want-to-bes
  2. wanta
  3. Wantabadgery
  4. wantable
  5. wantableness
  6. wantage
  7. Wantagh
  8. Wantagong
  9. Wantas
  10. wantaway
  11. wantaways

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