Meaning

1 senses

  1. Show to be not good enough.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. I found myself wanting to do that.

    deIch bekam irgendwie Lust dazu.

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  2. Do you find yourself wanting a pet?

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  3. Soon I found myself wanting to meet him and talk to him.

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Forms

finds wanting, finding wanting, found wanting, found wanting
Base formfind wanting · to find wanting
3rd person singularfinds wanting
Present participlefinding wanting
Past simplefound wanting
Past participlefound wanting

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfind wanting
he, she, itfinds wanting

Past simpleLesson

all personsfound wanting

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave found wanting
he, she, ithas found wanting

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill find wanting

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
finchfindA1finderfindingB1fineA1
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