missing
Americanadjective
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absent, not found, or lost.
a missing person.
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lacking.
Something is missing in this relationship.
idioms
adjective
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not present; absent or lost
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not able to be traced and not known to be dead
nine men were missing after the attack
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to become lost or disappear
Etymology
Origin of missing
Example Sentences
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Suddenly it was Kerry shots going awry, with David Clifford's two-point free missing after Jack Carney had raised an orange flag at the Hill 16 end.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
A stadium takes the coarse block and, for a few hours, forces the finer sort my model said was missing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Hernandez was reported missing to Riverside County authorities by her parents that same month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Chad Bown of the Peterson Institute for International Economics believes Trump is missing a chance to address bigger problems like China's rare earth export curbs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Am I missing class? I wouldn’t say that I ever miss class when I’m not in it.”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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