found wanting

phrase

: lacking all that is needed or expected

The travel arrangements were found wanting.

Examples of found wanting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There was pride in defeat to PSG, but Slot’s Liverpool were also found wanting. — James Pearce, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026

Burton said tenors playing Canio often get compared to the role’s most famous interepreters — Enrico Caruso and Franco Corelli — and are often found wanting. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025

The on-field product was found wanting, but the NFL’s TV partners didn’t take much of a financial hit. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025

The outcome is school bookshelves devoid of books, because those that used to be there have been found wanting, or merely because no one has time to page through them in quest of textual nonconformities with white privilege. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023

Rhymes for found wanting

• daunting
• flaunting
• haunting
• taunting
• vaunting