find wanting

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English

Verb

find wanting (third-person singular simple present finds wanting, present participle finding wanting, simple past and past participle found wanting)

Show to be not good enough.

Usage notes

Chiefly used in the passive voice: found wanting.

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Further reading

“found wanting”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“tried and found wanting”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
“be found wanting” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.

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