missing adj

1 not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book" [syn: lacking(p), nonexistent, wanting(a)]

2 not able to be found; "missing in action"; "a missing person"

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes with: -ɪsɪŋ

Verb

missing

1. present participle of miss

Adjective

1. Not able to be located; gone; absent; lost.
2. (of an internal combustion engine) To be running roughly due an occasional lack of a spark or other irregular fault

See also

• missing in action
• missing link
• missing person

For a list of Wikipedians who are no longer working on the Wikipedia project, see Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians.

Missing is the title of:

• Missing (film), a 1982 film
• The Missing, a 2003 film
• "Missing", a 1956 song recorded by The McGuire Sisters
• "Missing" (Everything but the Girl song), a 1994 song recorded by Everything but the Girl
• "Missing" (song), a 2004 song recorded by Evanescence
• Missing (novel), a Japanese light novel series and manga
• Missing, a 1990 book in the Fear Street series
• Missing (TV series), a television show in the United States that profiles missing persons
• 1-800-Missing, a television series about missing persons, renamed Missing after the first season
• Missing, a 2006 television series in the United Kingdom
• "Missing" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode from Season 4 of Stargate Atlantis
• Missing: Since January, an adventure puzzle game in which the player must use clues from various websites and their own e-mail; the game is knowns as In Memorium in Europe
• Missing (game), a 1999 classroom game designed to teach children aged 9-15 about the dangers of talking over the internet with strangers

It can also refer to:

• Missing person
• Missing In Action (MIA)

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