found wanting
Example Sentences
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They have backed players who have been found wanting in the biggest series.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026
But we can also work to build a more vibrant, more inviting and more effective democracy, rather than defending a status quo that almost everyone agrees has been found wanting.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2024
Can — at the ripe old age of 25 — had been judged and weighed by soccer’s elite, and found wanting.
From New York Times • May 31, 2024
“Dragnet” changed the names to protect the innocent, but nowadays it’s the fashion to keep the names, while the facts, found wanting on their own, might get a fictional assist.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024
Somewhere in fantasyland Ignatius was dreaming of a terrified Myma Minkoff being tried by a court of Taste and Decency and found wanting.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
