Sentence examples for being found wanting from inspiring English sources
The fear of being judged, of being found wanting at such a basic level, is too heavy a burden to add to the one they already carry.
In other words, people were valuing their own reputations in the eyes of the other players as much as the practical gain from the game, and felt that in comparison with the selfless individual they were being found wanting.
But one of the main forms of intellectual property, the patent a temporary monopoly designed to provide an incentive to innovate is increasingly being found wanting, even as the number of applications soars at patent offices around the world.
Hearts missed out on an opportunity to make up ground on leaders Celtic, who are in action this afternoon at Motherwell, after being found wanting on their visit to Ayrshire.
The argument was that, so long as the EU did not touch the most important political issues for ordinary voters—such as tax, spending, education, defence or health care its apparent lack of accountability would not matter.Coming unstuckNow the crisis has struck, all the putative responses to the democratic deficit are being found wanting.
When we're receiving negative feedback, it's common to flash back to past experiences of being found wanting from times as early as childhood.
