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wanting

Divide wanting into syllables:

want · ing

How to pronounce wanting:

Synonyms for wanting:

awful
bad
bastard
bodger or bodgie
brutal
bush
crumby
crummy
defective
deficient
disappointing
disastrous
dissatisfactory
dreadful
faulty
flawed
from hunger
horrible
ill
imperfect
inadequate
inferior
insufficient
lacking
lame
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Antonyms for wanting:

a part of
actual
attendant
attending
built in
contained within
existent
existing
found
here
in
in attendance
included
part of
plentiful
present
sufficient
there

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