missing

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not able to be found

   missing in action

2. 2
   adj

   Not able to be located; gone, misplaced.

   my missing socks

3. 3
   adj

   Not present when it (they) should be.

   missing data point

4. 4
   noun

   A value that is missing.

   The treatment of missings is a problem in statistical software.

5. 5
   adj

   nonexistent

6. 6
   verb

   present participle and gerund of miss

7. 7
   adj

   Of an internal combustion engine: running roughly due to an occasional lack of a spark or other irregular fault.

Etymology

By surface analysis, miss + -ing.