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121 be weighed in the balance and found wanting
Общая лексика: не выдержать проверки, не оправдать надеждУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > be weighed in the balance and found wanting
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122 coat with some buttons wanting
Макаров: пиджак без нескольких пуговицУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > coat with some buttons wanting
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123 he is a little wanting
1) Общая лексика: он не совсем нормален, у него не все дома (винтика не хватает)2) Макаров: у него винтика не хватаетУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > he is a little wanting
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124 he is not wanting in intelligence
Общая лексика: он не лишен сообразительности, он не лишен умаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > he is not wanting in intelligence
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125 he is wanting in alacrity
Общая лексика: ему недостаёт расторопности, он нерасторопенУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > he is wanting in alacrity
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126 he seems to be slightly wanting
Общая лексика: у него, по-моему, не все домаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > he seems to be slightly wanting
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127 head of the statue is wanting
Макаров: у статуи нет головыУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > head of the statue is wanting
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128 month wanting two days
Общая лексика: без двух дней месяцУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > month wanting two days
См. также в других словарях:
wanting — [wän′tiŋ] adj. 1. absent; lacking; missing [a coat with some buttons wanting] 2. not up to some standard; inadequate in some essential [weighed and found wanting] prep. 1. lacking (something); without [a watch wanting a minute hand] 2. minus;… … English World dictionary
Wanting — Want ing, a. Absent; lacking; missing; also, deficient; destitute; needy; as, one of the twelve is wanting; I shall not be wanting in exertion. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wanting — index defective, deficient, delinquent (overdue), destitute, devoid, faulty, imperfect, inadept … Law dictionary
wanting discretion — index imprudent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wanting in candor — index disingenuous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wanting in probity — index dishonest, fraudulent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wanting in proportion — index disproportionate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
wanting — [adj] lacking, inadequate absent, away, bankrupt, bereft, burned out*, cooked*, cut off, defective, deficient, deprived, destitute, devoid, disappointing, empty, failing, faulty, gone, half baked*, imperfect, incomplete, in default, inferior,… … New thesaurus
wanting — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking in something required, necessary, or usual. 2) absent; not provided … English terms dictionary
wanting — want|ing [ˈwɔntıŋ US ˈwo:n , ˈwa:n ] adj [not before noun] formal something that is wanting lacks or misses something that it needs or something that you expect it to have ▪ Their security procedures were found wanting . wanting in ▪ They were… … Dictionary of contemporary English
wanting — adjective (not before noun) 1 be found wanting proven not to be good enough for a particular purpose: Traditional solutions had been tried and found wanting. 2 wanting in sth formal not having enough of something: wanting in grace and tact 3… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English