missing
absent, not found, or lost: a missing person.
lacking: Something is missing in this relationship.
Idioms about missing
go missing, to disappear; become lost: My keys have gone missing again.
Origin of missing
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How to use missing in a sentence
In this way, they get very good at being able to accurately predict a missing word in a sentence.
Google’s ouster of a top A.I. researcher may have come down to this | Jeremy Kahn | December 9, 2020 | FortuneYet what’s been critically missing is the impact of other people on our brains.
How Does Social Interaction Change Our Brains? Hyperscans Can Show Us | Shelly Fan | December 8, 2020 | Singularity HubThe person who shared the link with a friend or family member has already qualified the lead, so marketers must not let that opportunity fall flat because of a missing, misleading or unengaging preview.
Making the most of small-screen content for big engagement impact | Sponsored Content: Cloudinary | September 24, 2020 | Search Engine LandEllie Mae, reckons Sprecher, adds the big missing piece he needs to make navigating the entire trip electronic, from getting quotes from lenders to recording the note with the county clerk.
First he took energy trading and the NYSE electronic. Now Jeff Sprecher of ICE shares his plans to digitize your mortgage | Shawn Tully | September 2, 2020 | FortuneSurprisingly, 1% of these less functional genes were under positive evolutionary selection — that is, the plants with the missing or broken genes thrived better than those with working versions.
By Losing Genes, Life Often Evolved More Complexity | Viviane Callier | September 1, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
Twin buglers played “Taps” and three police helicopters flew overhead in the missing-man formation.
Sybil is dead, as is Matthew; Gregson is missing with dark hints about his fate.
Even those Christians who do want to minister amid the rancor of race and policing are missing the mark.
Even in the parts of the movement he does cover, some people and efforts are missing.
The Real Story Behind the Fight for Marriage Equality | E.J. Graff | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe difference was emphasized immediately after QZ8501 went missing.
The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370 | Lennox Samuels | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut more—he realised that the missing part of her was now astir, touched into life by another, and a younger, man.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodBritish stated their loss at 103, killed, wounded and missing, and that they had taken 495 American prisoners.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellGiving a terrific whoop, he raised his gun and fired, the ball just missing Lawrence's head.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnWhen you can play it eight times in succession without missing a note, I'll be satisfied.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayThe pig-headed prowler I saw, with my pompon missing from his shoe, and his bonne amie wearing the stolen ring.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke
British Dictionary definitions for missing
/ (ˈmɪsɪŋ) /
not present; absent or lost
not able to be traced and not known to be dead: nine men were missing after the attack
go missing to become lost or disappear
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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