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Discover LudwigThe phrase "be wanting for" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means lacking or in need of something. Example: The team's performance was wanting for proper coaching and training, resulting in consistent losses.
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SINCE no subject today seems to be wanting for a cultural history, no subject is unimaginable.
But Mr. Michels will not be wanting for company as he plugs on.
It is hard to imagine that any of the more than 43,000 people scheduled to run in the New York City Marathon will be wanting for company during their 26.2-mile tour of the town.
They cannot, then, without a modification assented to by the public creditors, be applied to the extinguishment of this debt, and the complete liberation of our revenues -- the most desirable of all objects; nor, if our peace continues, will they be wanting for any other existing purpose.
He said that he expected to be in business again within six months and that he was prepared to put as much as $100 million into the venture, though with backers like the Apollo Group of Leon Black, it is doubtful he will be wanting for investors.
Regardless of what that says about Huckabee the candidate, it's very clear that Huckabee the man went to great lengths to ensure that he would never be wanting for money again after 2008.
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"They want to be wanted for their ideas, their thoughts.
One driver was found to be wanted for aggravated assault.
There has also been some thought that he might be wanted for the rising Paris-St.
It doesn't deliver enough material benefits for it to be wanted for its own sake.
It's better to be wanted for murder than not to be wanted at all.
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