1. Nonexistent
   "The crucial evidence was wanting from the case file";
   - lacking, absent, missing
    
2. Inadequate in amount or degree
   "tested and found wanting";
   - deficient, lacking
    
3. Not present or included (despite being expected, required or desired)
   "the film was almost entirely wanting of new jokes";
   - bereft, missing, lacking, devoid

1. Have a wish for
   "I want my own room"; "I want to go home now";
   - desire
    
2. Have a requirement for
   "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner";
   - need, require
    
3. Be without, lack; be deficient in
   "flood victims wanting food and shelter"; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"
    
4. Hunt or look for; require for a particular reason
   "Your former neighbour is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"
    
5. Wish or demand the presence of
   "I want you here at noon!"

See also: inadequate, inexistent [rare], nonexistent, unequal

Type of: be, demand, exist, experience, feel, lack, look for, miss, search, seek

Encyclopedia: Wanting, The