WANTING

adj. 1 deficient, inadequate, not up to par or expectations, insufficient, leaving much to be desired, unsatisfactory, unsatisfying, disappointing, second-rate, inferior, poor, shabby, shoddy, flawed, faulty, imperfect, incomplete, unfinished, defective, patchy, impaired, damaged, broken, unsound These robots were tested at the factory and were found wanting 2 absent, missing, lacking, short (of), US and Canadian shy (of): What good is a banjo wanting its strings?