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as in failing
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missing
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adjective
Definition of missing
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as in lost
no longer possessed
the missing socks turned up in the dog’s special hiding place
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as in absent
not present or in evidence
any sense of how real people talk and act is missing from this novel
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as in out
not at a certain place
our church organist is missing this morning, so we’ll have to sing without her accompaniment
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missing
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present participle of miss
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as in skipping
to fail to attend
had to miss work for a week because of the flu
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skipping
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ignoring
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neglecting
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absenting oneself
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attending
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showing up (for)
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showing up (for)
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as in misunderstanding
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
I think you’re missing the point
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as in failing
to be unsuccessful
everyone knows that most of the new television series will miss and be gone before anyone notices
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failing
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collapsing
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declining
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foundering
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crumbling
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slumping
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laying an egg
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sinking
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dying on the vine
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coming a cropper
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waning
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delivering
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clicking
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working out
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cooking
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winning
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Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote
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missingadjective
not able to be found
«missing in action»; «a missing person»
Synonyms:
absent, lacking, wantingAntonyms:
found, existent, existing -
lacking, absent, missing, wantingadjective
nonexistent
«the thumb is absent»; «her appetite was lacking»
Synonyms:
abstracted, scatty, lacking(p), wanting, lacking, wanting(p), absentminded, deficient, absentAntonyms:
found, existent, existing
PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes
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List of paraphrases for «missing»:
disappeared, disappearance, unaccounted, extirpated, disappearances, extinct, gone, lacking, lost, lack, absent, vanished, absence
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Donovan Mitchell:
I just started missing shots, i cant miss 16 shots (after the first quarter). Thats my role and I cant miss makeable shots.
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Miraj Hossain:
Rescuers found 26 dead bodies and some still could be missing.
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Scott Cohen:
If you’ve seen someone who’s going to Sri Lanka for work and has posted a beautiful picture of Sri Lanka for work on Instagram, you’ve sat at your desk and thought to yourself :’ Wouldn’t Sri Lanka for work be fantastic if I could travel for work as well,’ sri Lanka for work’s the glamorized side that’s entirely missing out these darker aspects.
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Tourism Department official Mira Acharya:
They are waiting for the weather to clear to start looking for the missing tourists.
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Xanthe Mallett:
When a child goes missing, especially after this length of time, everyone was thinking the worst, and it’s just such an amazing outcome.
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Are we missing a good synonym for missing?
- away
- lost
- removed
- disappeared
- lacking
- mislaid
- misplaced
- omitted
- short
- wanting
- AWOL
- astray
- left behind
- left out
- not present
- nowhere to be found
- unaccounted for
On this page you’ll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to missing, such as: away, lost, removed, disappeared, lacking, and mislaid.
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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But more—he realised that the missing part of her was now astir, touched into life by another, and a younger, man.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
Giving a terrific whoop, he raised his gun and fired, the ball just missing Lawrence’s head.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNN
When you can play it eight times in succession without missing a note, I’ll be satisfied.
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WORDS RELATED TO MISSING
- bare
- blank
- devoid
- empty
- hollow
- lacking
- minus
- missing
- nonexistent
- omitted
- unavailable
- vacant
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- wanting
- dead
- death toll
- fatality
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- AWOL
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- burned up
- consumed
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- done
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- dried-up
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- nonextant
- not a sign of
- not here
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- taken a powder
- taken leave
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- traveling
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- hankering
- heartsick
- lonely
- longing for home
- missing
- wistful
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- can’t cut it
- coming up short
- defective
- deprived of
- flawed
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- inadequate
- incomplete
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- missing
- needed
- needing
- not hacking it
- not making it
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- short
- without
- disappeared
- disarranged
- gone
- lost
- missing
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Table Of Contents:
- Missing as an Adjective
- Definitions of «Missing» as an adjective
- Synonyms of «Missing» as an adjective (13 Words)
- Usage Examples of «Missing» as an adjective
- Associations of «Missing» (30 Words)
The synonyms of “Missing” are: absent, lacking, wanting, lost, mislaid, misplaced, not present, gone, gone astray, absent from, not present in, lacking in, wanting from
Missing as an Adjective
Definitions of «Missing» as an adjective
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “missing” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
- (of a thing) not able to be found because it is not in its expected place.
- Nonexistent.
- (of a person) absent from a place, especially their home, and of unknown whereabouts.
- Not present or included when expected or supposed to be.
- Not able to be found.
- (of a person) not yet traced or confirmed as alive, but not known to be dead, after an accident or during wartime.
Synonyms of «Missing» as an adjective (13 Words)
absent | Lost in thought; showing preoccupation. She looked up with an absent smile. |
absent from | Not being in a specified place. |
gone | Excellent; inspired. Dreams of foregone times. |
gone astray | Well in the past; former. |
lacking | (of a quality) absent. Adequate resources are sadly lacking. |
lacking in | Inadequate in amount or degree. |
lost | Having lost your bearings confused as to time or place or personal identity. A lost generation. |
mislaid | Lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place. The mislaid hat turned up eventually. |
misplaced | Lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place. A telling sign of misplaced priorities. |
not present | Temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration. |
not present in | Being or existing in a specified place. |
wanting | Deficient in intelligence. They weren t wanting in confidence. |
wanting from | Nonexistent. |
Usage Examples of «Missing» as an adjective
- He has been reported as a missing person.
- Servicemen listed as missing in action.
- You can fill in the missing details later.
- Missing in action.
- Four soldiers had been wounded and one man was missing.
- A missing person.
- A quantity of cash has gone missing.
Associations of «Missing» (30 Words)
abduction | (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body. Abductions by armed men in plain clothes. |
absent | Go away or leave. She looked up with an absent smile. |
cramped | Constricted in size. Trying to bring children up in cramped high rise apartments. |
deficiency | Lack of an adequate quantity or number. A budget deficiency of 96 billion. |
deficient | Inadequate in amount or degree. The documentary evidence is deficient. |
furlough | Grant a leave to. A six week furlough in Australia. |
gone | Beyond help; in a hopeless state. A bunch of real gone cats. |
inadequate | (of a person) unable to deal with a situation or with life. A sad solitary inadequate man. |
indigent | A needy person. A charity for the relief of indigent artists. |
insufficient | Not enough; inadequate. There was insufficient evidence to convict him. |
lacking | Inadequate in amount or degree. Lacking in stamina. |
layoff | The act of laying off an employee or a work force. |
leave | Leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking. The ship leaves at midnight. |
lose | Miss from one s possessions lose sight of. She couldn t eat and began to lose weight. |
loss | The disadvantage that results from losing something. Loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt. |
meager | Deficient in amount or quality or extent. Meager fare. |
minus | Having a negative electric charge. Minus five. |
mislay | Place (something) where one cannot find it again. I seem to have mislaid my car keys. |
miss | Fail to reach. How many periods have you missed. |
presence | The state or fact of existing, occurring, or being present. He sensed the presence of danger. |
scant | Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities. He does not scant his attention to the later writings. |
scanty | Short underpants for women or children (usually used in the plural. The women looked cold in their scanty bodices. |
short | Of a vowel categorized as short with regard to quality and length e g in standard British English the vowel in good is short as distinct from the long vowel u in food. Food is short. |
substandard | Falling short of some prescribed norm. Substandard housing. |
truant | Of a pupil being a truant. Her truant husband. |
undermanned | Inadequate in number of workers or assistants etc. |
undersized | Of less than the usual size. The undersized cubs may not survive the winter. |
unequal | A person or thing regarded as unequal to another in status or level. Unequal odds. |
unsatisfactory | Not giving satisfaction. Her performance proved to be unsatisfactory. |
wanting | Nonexistent. The English batting technique has been found wanting. |