wanting

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Synonyms: waning, panting, wafting, ranting, canting, waiting, awanting, wating, banting, anting, wanking

Antonyms: waning, panting, wafting, ranting, canting, waiting, awanting, wating, banting, anting, wanking

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Adjective

1. That wants or desires.
2. Absent or lacking.
3. Deficient.

Preposition

1. Without, except, but.
2. Less, short of, minus.

Verb

1. present participle and gerund of want

Noun

1. The state of wanting something; desire.

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