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• past tense form of disappear.
• past participle 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

Sawfish may have already disappeared from Ghana's waters and wedgefish, another close relative, have become increasingly scarce.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Posts by several celebrities, including Chinese actor Du Jiang and Taiwanese actress Joe Chen, who had called for China to strengthen protection for animals also disappeared.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

The AI investment cycle has not suddenly disappeared just because the stocks stopped going straight up.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

Ortega, who made his wife Rosario Murillo co-president through a constitutional reform in 2025, appears to be in ill health, and has disappeared from view for months at a time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Soon afterward a stream of headlamps poured down the trail and disappeared.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Related Words

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