Home › Words › W › wantablenesswantablenesswantableness means the state of being potentially wanted.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, wantableness ranks #10,773 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom wantable + -ness.nounThe state of being potentially wanted.e.g.“We are more certain to meet the very real demand for improved utility and serviceability and wantableness through research and the extending of effort toward improved materials and design.” — 1944, A. Griffin Ashcroft, “The Interpretation of Laboratory Tests as Quality Indices in Textiles”, in ASTM Bulletin, number 133, Philadelphia, P.A.: The Society, →ISSN, page 29:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).