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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. )

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Example Sentences

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disappeared

The court heard Dunkley had maintained his account that Lashley had disappeared for decades, despite being spoken to by police multiple times.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

This new study is one more confirmation that when ancient human populations disappeared, they left traces of themselves behind.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

“On a typical selloff, retail buy the dip. Today, that bid has effectively disappeared from individual names,” wrote Vanda’s Viraj Patel in commentary shared with MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

Wong, who turned 30 last month, was the subject of a Netflix documentary and his picture was splashed on magazine covers the world over -- until he disappeared from the public eye and into prison.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

“You were a kid. My mom said lots of her friends disappeared, and they were adults. And your parents were getting divorced. I probably shouldn’t have been so mad.”

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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