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wantingness

wantingness noun: the quality of wanting or desiring something.

Noun

wantingness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of wanting or desiring something.

Origin of wantingness

From wanting + -ness.

Questions about wantingness

What does wantingness mean?
Wantingness means the quality of wanting or desiring something.
What part of speech is wantingness?
Wantingness is a noun.

Words near wantingness in the dictionary

  1. wanting one's bumps feeling
  2. wanting one's bumps felt
  3. wanting out
  4. wanting to know
  5. wantingly
  6. wantingness
  7. wantings
  8. Wantiool
  9. Wantirna
  10. Wantirna South
  11. wantish

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