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• past participle of disappear.
• past tense form of disappear.

disappeared

American  

[dis-uh-peerd] / ˌdɪs əˈpɪərd /

adjective

1. having vanished from sight or existence.

   Right this minute, the only thing I want to do is to find a way to recover my disappeared phone photos.

   The museum displays tools and artifacts from an almost disappeared culture, known only from one archaeological site.

2. (of a person) having vanished under suspicious or unknown circumstances.

   Family members of the disappeared persons were denied the right to any effective remedy, including the right to know the fate of their loved ones.

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noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. none the disappeared people, especially political opponents, who have vanished under suspicious or unknown circumstances, or without due process of law.

   The determination of the parents, grandparents, and—most recently—children of the disappeared is finally putting dictators, torturers, and their accomplices behind bars.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of disappear.

Etymology

Origin of disappeared

First recorded in 1400–50 as a verb: disappear ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ), and in 1640–50 as an adjective: disappear ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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disappeared

Checking the university’s website, I saw that my list of 50 current students disappeared overnight.

From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026

That prediction agrees with other geological evidence showing that roughly five to ten kilometers of rock disappeared from parts of the region long before the modern Grand Canyon formed.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

Historically, Treasurys yielded less than AAA-corporate bonds, even after adjusting for default risk, but since 2022, that advantage has disappeared.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Over the weekend, he was reported in the media as being "missing" and was said to have disappeared in Morocco.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

“It’s just—everyone disappeared when my dad got sick, or they pretended nothing was happening. And you . . .” He meets my eyes for a split second, then looks back down.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Related Words

• absent
• adrift
• disoriented
• hidden
• invisible
• misplaced
• vanished