missing

UK /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ US /ˈmɪsɪŋ/

adj 3noun 1

Definitions

adj

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.

Not present when it (they) should be.

missing data point

Joe went missing last year. He had all teeth missing when he was finally found.

Of an internal combustion engine: running roughly due to an occasional lack of a spark or other irregular fault.

noun

A value that is missing.

The treatment of missings is a problem in statistical software.

Patterns of missings across the whole data set are readily visible, but also patterns which only apply to small subgroups of cases.

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

Their car went missing from the parking lot overnight, and the police are investigating.

discover sb

The babysitter discovered the children were missing from the playground after lunch.

list sb (as), post sb (as), report sb (as)

The police posted him as missing after his family hadn't heard from him for three weeks.

ADV

completely, entirely, quite, totally

The old photographs were completely missing from the family album.

sadly

Good communication was sadly missing from their relationship, which eventually led to a breakup.

PREP

from

Several pages were missing from the book I borrowed from the library.

PHRASES

missing in action

After the plane disappeared over the ocean, two pilots were reported missing in action.

missing, presumed dead

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Synonyms

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Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

missing stair

A member of a community who is widely but privately known within that community for abusiveness or other harmful behavior that has not been addressed.

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot to tell you, there's a missing step on the unlit staircase with no railings. But it's okay because we all just remember to jump over it." Some people are

not know what one is missing

To be missing out on something enjoyable.

You can't come to our party? Well, you don't know what you're missing!

Example Bank

my missing socks

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Forty three killed and 80 wounded in action with the Implacable. 180 killed and miſſing in action with the Centaur.

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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.

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The treatment of missings is a problem in statistical software.

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Patterns of missings across the whole data set are readily visible, but also patterns which only apply to small subgroups of cases.

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I was chagrined at missing you.

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