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wantin'

US/ˈwɑntɪn/

wantin' is the pronunciation spelling of wanting.

Meaning of wanting

Adjective

wanting (comparative more wanting, superlative most wanting)

  1. That wants or desires.
  2. Absent or lacking.
    • Already Cæſar
      Has ravaged more than half the Globe, and ſees
      Mankind grown thin by his deſtructive Sword:
      Should he go further, Numbers would be wanting
      To form new Battels, and ſupport his Crimes.1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1
  3. Deficient.
    • Kate felt privileged to have been permitted to speak through it and she was glad that, as before, she had been judged and not found wanting1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 151

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Questions about wantin'

What is wantin' the pronunciation spelling of?
Wantin' is the pronunciation spelling of wanting.
How do you pronounce wantin'?
Wantin' is pronounced /ˈwɑntɪn/ (US).

Words near wantin' in the dictionary

  1. wanteth
  2. wantful
  3. wantfulness
  4. wanthriven
  5. wanties
  6. wantin'
  7. wanting
  8. wanting for nothing
  9. wanting in
  10. wanting no part of
  11. wanting one's bumps feeling

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