ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ]不够格的;未达到应有水准的 If you find something or someone wanting, they are not of as high a standard as you think they should be. 不够格的;未达到应有水准的 [Also + in]
He analysed his game and found it wanting.
他分析了他的比赛,发现还有待改进。
Eleanor was scrutinized, too, and often found wanting.