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Synonyms for missing


Grammar : Adj
Spell : mis-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪs ɪŋ

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Définition of missing

Origin :
  • "not present, absent," 1520s, from present participle of miss (v.). Military sense of "not present after a battle but not known to have been killed or captured" is from 1845. Missing link first attested 1851 in Lyell. Missing person is from 1876.
  • adj gone, absent
Example sentences :
  • When this spirit of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace it.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • The "missing fourth side" of the room is a commonplace recognized by all.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • One of these missing is worse than a bank clerk out a dollar at the end of the day.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • I should have known he was missing, without going to the volunteers.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • When she arrived at San Francisco she found that the enclosed sheet was missing.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • His load was missing: evidently one of the askaris had taken it up.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • They had no great difficulty in getting track of the missing Bavarian.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • A child, a son, might bring with him a little of what was missing in his marriage with her.
  • Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
  • None of the letters was found opened; which ones were missing tie couldn't say.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • You remember what I said to you about sleeping dogs and missing ones.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

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