missing

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Not where it should be; lost and unable to be found.

   I can't find one of my missing socks.

2. 2
   adj

   Not present when it should be.

   A page is missing from this book.

3. 3
   adj

   (Of a person) whose whereabouts are unknown.

   The child had been missing for a week.

By surface analysis, miss + -ing.

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