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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. |