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wanting

adj
/ˈwɑntɪŋ/US/ˈwɒntɪŋ/UK

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from wantyng

Definitions

  1. That wants or desires.

  2. Absent or lacking.

    • Already Cæſar Has ravaged more than half the Globe, and ſees Mankind grown thin by his deſtructive Sword: Should he go further, Numbers would be wanting To form new Battels, and ſupport his Crimes.
    • […] but where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given.
    • Discal black dot small or wanting. Transverse posterior line reduced to two dotlets or altogether wanting.

  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
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Without, except, but.

    2. Less, short of, minus.

    3. present participle and gerund of want

    4. The state of wanting something

      The state of wanting something; desire.

      • Choice occurs only when we experience a conflict of wantings.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at wanting. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at wanting. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at wanting

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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