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awanting

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

missing; wanting; deficient or absent

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1852?: William Hamilton In either case criticism was required, and criticism was awanting.

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English wanting English awanting From a- + wanting.