Respectable
Respectable adjective - Of a level of quality that meets one's needs or standards.
Usage example: the artwork that we commissioned from the muralist turned out to be respectable but was not quite what we had hoped for
Wanting is an antonym for respectable.
Wanting
Wanting adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: we tried her cooking and found it to be very wanting
Respectable is an antonym for wanting.
Both words in one sentence
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She finally gets the chance to be with him, and has his child, but he soon forgets who she is and is unaware of his son.Years pass, and Lisa is now married with a respectable man who treats her son as his own, but a chance meeting at the opera with Stefan has Lisa uncontrollably wanting him.
- While they were still clearly evil, they had motives and goals that seemed respectable, at least on the surface, such as bringing equality to non-benders or wanting to free the people from corrupt or incompetent leaders.
Source: Contrasting Sequel Antagonist
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