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missing

/ˈmɪsɪŋ/ verb

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In Latin: absens, dēlicuus Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about missing at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. present participle and gerund of miss

adjective

  1. Not able to be located; gone, misplaced.
    my missing socks
  2. Not present when it (they) should be.
    missing data point
  3. Of an internal combustion engine: running roughly due to an occasional lack of a spark or other irregular fault.

noun

  1. A value that is missing.

Origin

By surface analysis, miss + -ing.

From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)

Related Words: absentlostlackingnonexistentwantingdefaultabsenceabsenteefailureoverduedeficientlack

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