missing
/ˈmɪsɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not present when it (they) should be.
adj
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.
Example Sentences
- "my missing socks"
- "Forty three killed and 80 wounded in action with the Implacable. 180 killed and miſſing in action with the Centaur."
- "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."
- "missing data point"
- "Joe went missing last year. He had all teeth missing when he was finally found."
- "We've got some flatware missing - There seem to be some cooking utensils missing too!"