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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

More than one-third said their nightmares disappeared completely.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

Gasoline shortages mean public buses have disappeared from now-deserted roads.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

Any hope Gianni Infantino might have had of tiptoeing away from the scene of his World Cup private-investment wreckage having sustained only minor damage to his reputation disappeared on Saturday.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared from her Arizona home on Feb. 1.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

The spirit form sped toward the ceiling, then disappeared.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Related Words

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