Definitions for missing
ˈmɪs ɪŋmiss·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. missing(adj)

   not able to be found

   "missing in action"; "a missing person"

2. lacking, absent, missing, wanting(adj)

   nonexistent

   "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. missing(Adjective)

   Not able to be located; gone; absent; lost.

2. missing(Adjective)

   (of an internal combustion engine) To be running roughly due an occasional lack of a spark or other irregular fault

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Missing

   of Miss

   Etymology: [From Miss, v. i.]

2. Missing(verb)

   absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for

   Etymology: [From Miss, v. i.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Missing

   Missing is a 1982 American drama film directed by Costa Gavras, and starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea and Charles Cioffi. It is based on the true story of American journalist Charles Horman, who disappeared in the bloody aftermath of the US-backed Chilean coup of 1973 that deposed the democratically elected socialist President Salvador Allende. The film was banned in Chile during Pinochet's dictatorship, even though neither Chile nor Pinochet are ever mentioned by name.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Missing

   mis′ing, adj. absent from the place where it was expected to be found: lost: wanting.—adv. Miss′ingly (Shak.), with a sense of loss.—Missing link (see Link). [See Miss (v.).]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. missing

   A casualty status for which the United States Code provides statutory guidance concerning missing members of the Military Services. Excluded are personnel who are in an absent without leave, deserter, or dropped-from-rolls status. A person declared

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. missing

   If a vessel is not heard of within six months after her departure (or after the last intelligence of her) from any port in Europe, and within twelve months from other parts of the world, she is deemed to be lost. Presumptive proof will suffice if none of her crew appear.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. missing

   Wanting; not present when called or looked for; lost; as, 100 soldiers are wounded and missing.

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1. missing

   Song lyrics by missing -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by missing on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'missing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3491

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'missing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2576

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'missing' in Adjectives Frequency: #767

How to pronounce missing?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say missing in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of missing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of missing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of missing in a Sentence

1. Jeb Bush Jr.:

   As a Floridian, I'm a little disappointed, because he's missing, like, 35% of his votes. And it's just kind of like, dude, you know, either drop out or do something, but we're paying you to do something, it ain't running for president, we're way ahead of Marco's campaign.

2. Nastia Luikin:

   She's the best in the world and she will be the best gymnast that has ever lived in my opinion, all that is missing is that Olympic gold, that is the cherry on top. But I have no doubt in my mind she will do that.

3. Rory McIlroy:

   I don't like missing cuts, you want to be playing on the weekend, and I'm not there. I'm not going to be playing this weekend, which is not nice.

4. Dejan Stojanovic:

   Either all lights are turned off or one inner light is missing.

5. Lorraine Larsen:

   Basically, they just said that he was shot down and he's missing and you will get updates via daily telegram.

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