Synonyms of wanting

1 Syllable

short, poor, gone, shy, scant, less

2 Syllables

bankrupt, patchy, bereft, scanty, scantiest, wishing, scarce, scarcest, absent, failing, scantier, scrimpy, skimpier, scarcer, away, faulty, skimpy, cooked, empty, missing, emptiest, sketchy, emptier, needed, minus, unsound, devoid, meager

3 Syllables

inferior, requesting, deficient, substandard, half-baked, deprived, imperfect, omitted, unthriving, unmoneyed, shorthanded

4 Syllables

disappointing, unfinished, destitute, incomplete, unfurnished, defective, rattleboned, non-existent, insufficient, unsufficient, impencunious, unfulfilled, unassembled

5 Syllables

poverty-stricken