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missing

MIS-ing/ˈmɪsɪŋ/

4 meanings of missing

Practice

  1. 1
    cannot be foundadjective
    Not where it should be, or lost and not able to be found.

    Like reaching into your pocket for your phone and finding it just isn't there.

    My keys are missing, and now I can't get into the house.

    The missing cat turned up under the porch the next day.

    UsageSay a thing is missing from a place, or someone went missing.

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  2. 2
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of miss: the -ing form, used for actions in progress or to name an action.

    She has been missing her old friends since the family moved away.

    He kept missing the bus every morning last week.

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Less common meanings

  1. 3
    noun
    A piece of information that is left out or not recorded in a set of data.
    The treatment of missings is a problem in statistical software.
    1997, S. Klinke, Data Structures for Computational Statistics
  2. 4
    adjective
    Used about an engine that runs badly because it skips or loses power now and then.

missing is a form of miss

miss, verb: To not go to or take part in something, like an event or a chance. Full entry

Forms
missmisses he/she/itmissing -ing formmissed past tense, past participle
Spelling
miss → missing: add -ing

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Origin

From the word "miss" plus the ending "-ing".

Checked 5 Nov 2026 · 1 fact