missing

miss-ing · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Not able to be found; lost or absent.

  2. 2.

    Lacking or absent when expected or needed.

  3. 3.

    (of a person) Not present, especially when their whereabouts are unknown.

Related words

Antonyms: available, found, present
See also: absent, lost, vanished
Synonyms: absent, lacking, lost

Etymology

From Old Norse missa (to miss, fail to hit) + -ing.