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missing
[ mis-ing ]
adjective
- absent, not found, or lost:
a missing person.
- lacking:
Something is missing in this relationship.
missing
/ ˈɪɪŋ /
adjective
- not present; absent or lost
- not able to be traced and not known to be dead
nine men were missing after the attack
- go missingto become lost or disappear
Idioms and Phrases
- go missing, to disappear; become lost:
My keys have gone missing again.
Example Sentences
A Peruvian navy vessel has collided with an oil platform in the Amazon River, killing at least two people and leaving one missing.
It would also mean missing some of the white-ball internationals against West Indies that follow the Zimbabwe Test.
General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda's president, has confirmed the detention of an opposition leader's bodyguard, who has been missing for five days.
The 27-year-old, the outstanding seamer in domestic cricket in recent seasons, gets his chance in an inexperienced attack missing a number of players through injuries.
I think he recognizes that there is a serious opportunity for our country to be healthier that we are missing.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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