US /əˈwɑntɪŋ/ UK /əˈwɒntɪŋ/
adj

Meanings

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    adj

    (chiefly Scots/dialectal) missing, lacking, or absent

    Two of the records were found awanting from the archive.

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Synonyms
1 adj · (chiefly scots/dialectal)... missinglackingabsentwantingdeficient
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Word family
Related forms wantwanting

Etymology

From a- (prefix, originally 'on, in') + wanting, the present participle of want, from Old Norse vanta ('to lack').

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