wanting

Etymology 1

From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, wantand, equivalent to want + -ing.

adj

1. That wants or desires.
2. Absent or lacking.
   […] but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given. 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition, published 1995, page 171
   Discal black dot small or wanting. Transverse posterior line reduced to two dotlets or altogether wanting. 1902, Proceedings: Entomological papers, volumes 25-26, United States National Museum, page 201
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 wanting 1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, page 151

prep

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

verb

1. present participle and gerund of want

Etymology 2

From Middle English wantyng, wantynge, equivalent to want + -ing.

noun

1. The state of wanting something; desire.
   Choice occurs only when we experience a conflict of wantings. 2004, Joseph H. Casey S.J., Life, Love, and Sex