Definition of "wanting"

wanting¹

/ˈwɑntɪŋ/

adjective
comparative more wanting, superlative most wanting
1. That wants or desires.
2. Absent or lacking.
  Quotations
  […] 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.
  Quotations
  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
preposition
1. Without, except, but.
2. Less, short of, minus.
verb
1. present participle and gerund of want

wanting²

/ˈwɑntɪŋ/

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