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See Also:

• 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

Coughran disappeared in the popular recreation area near Lake Tahoe just as a low-pressure system descended on the region, plunging temperatures to near freezing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

With cloud revenues surging amid acute shortages of semiconductors, memory, and compute, the skepticism of late 2025 has suddenly disappeared.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Many of the statues disappeared from town squares and other public places during the pandemic-era protests against police violence and racism following George Floyd’s murder in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Human remains found in a New Mexico forest last month were identified as those of a lab worker who disappeared nearly a year ago.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The next second I caught sight of Elliot again, and all thoughts of smiling disappeared.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Related Words

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