missing en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɪsɪŋ/
- (US) audio
Etymology
By surface analysis, miss + -ing.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not able to be located; gone, misplaced.
my missing socks
Forty three killed and 80 wounded in action with the Implacable. 180 killed and miſſing in action with the Centaur.
1808 October 1, “State of Public Affairs in September. Containing Official Papers and Authentic Documents. [Killed and Wounded on Board the Emperor of Russia’s Late Ship of War Sevolod.]”, in The Monthly Magazine, or British Register, volume XXVI, part II, number 3 (number 176 overall), London: Printed for Richard Phillips, […]; printed by J. Adlard, […], →OCLC, page 281, column 1:She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
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(not-comparable) Not present when it (they) should be.
Joe went missing last year. He had all teeth missing when he was finally found.
We've got some flatware missing - There seem to be some cooking utensils missing too!
missing data point
How likely is it that all the people who are described as missing are living together in a small town somewhere?
1997, George Carlin, Brain Droppings, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 71:
- (not-comparable) Of an internal combustion engine: running roughly due to an occasional lack of a spark or other irregular fault.
Deriveds
go missing · missing man formation · missing market · missing white girl syndrome · missing middle · missing in action · missing white woman syndrome · turn up missing · missingly · missing time · missing in time · missing piece · nonmissing · missing stair · missingness · missing trader fraud · missing boundary
Synonyms
Translations (72)
gl desaparecida (not able to be located) · hy պակաս (not able to be located) · uk відсу́тній (not able to be located) · oc desaparegut (not able to be located) · fr manquant (not able to be located) · pl zaginiony (not able to be located) · de verschwunden (not able to be located) · hu hiányzó (not able to be located) · fi puuttuva (not able to be located) · cmn 失蹤 /失踪 (not able to be located) · bg отсъстващ (not present when it (they) should be) · pt faltante (not able to be located) · ar مَفْقُود (not able to be located) · be адсу́тны (not able to be located) · es faltante (not able to be located) · ota اكسیك (not present when it (they) should be) · ru отсу́тствующий (not able to be located) · sv saknad (not able to be located) · it mancante (not able to be located) · et kadunud (not able to be located) · tr eksik (not present when it (they) should be) · lmy jada (not able to be located) · la dēlicuus (not able to be located) · gl ausente (not present when it (they) should be) · de abgängig (not able to be located) · gl desaparecido (not able to be located) · ms hilang (not able to be located) · bg изгубен (not able to be located) · gl ausente (not able to be located) · sq Humbur (not able to be located) · to tulia (not able to be located) · el απών (not present when it (they) should be) · de vermisst (not present when it (they) should be) · ms tertinggal (not present when it (they) should be) · ga ar iarraidh (not able to be located) · ga easpach (not able to be located) · pt perdido (not able to be located) · be згу́блены (not able to be located) · tr kayıp (not present when it (they) should be) · ro dispărut (not able to be located) · de abgängig (not present when it (they) should be) · acw مَفْقُود (not able to be located) · az itkin (not able to be located) · es ausente (not able to be located) · bg липсващ (not present when it (they) should be) · de fehlend (not able to be located) · es desaparecido (not able to be located) · pl brakujący (not able to be located) · de fehlend (not present when it (they) should be) · la absens (not able to be located) · it disperso (not able to be located) · nb savnet (not able to be located) · tr kayıp (not able to be located) · cmn ...丢了 /丢 (not able to be located) · vi thiếu (not present when it (they) should be) · nl vermist (not able to be located) · ru потерянный (not able to be located) · pt sumido (not able to be located) · got 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐍃 (not able to be located) · be стра́чаны (not able to be located) · ota نقصان (not present when it (they) should be) · ur لاپَتَہ (not able to be located) · vi mất (not able to be located) · uk загу́блений (not able to be located) · cmn ...丟了 /...丢了 (not able to be located) · el αγνοούμενος (not able to be located) · fi hukassa (not able to be located) · sv försvunnen (not able to be located) · fr disparu (not able to be located) · fi kateissa (not able to be located) · et puudu olev (not able to be located) · pt desaparecido (not able to be located)