Missing
['mɪsɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) not able to be found; 'missing in action'; 'a missing person' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Miss
(v. i.) Absent from the place where it was expected to be found; lost; wanting; not present when called or looked for.
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Definition
adj. absent from the place where it was expected to be found: lost: wanting.—adv. Miss′ingly (Shak.) with a sense of loss.—Missing link (see Link).
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Examples
- Schofield's loss, as officially reported, was 189 killed, 1,033 wounded, and 1,104 captured and missing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Our total loss (not including Burnside's) in all these engagements amounted to 757 killed, 4,529 wounded and 330 missing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Our casualties during these operations amounted to 394 killed, I,554 wounded and 324 missing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Diamond is missing out of the drawer in the cabinet. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I was instantly aroused, and, with the two footmen, started off at once in search of the missing girl. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Our loss was 410 killed, 1,844 wounded and 187 missing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- What, said Mr. Cruncher, varying his apostrophe after missing his mark--what are you up to, Aggerawayter? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It's lucky for you, my man, that nothing is missing, or you would find yourself in Queer Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I felt solitary as I dropped asleep here, and, missing it a little, wandered back to it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Right wing three-quarter missing, indispensable to-morrow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Here are the missing links of the very simple chain: 1. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- His bridle is missing, so that Simpson must have put this on. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Four of the twenty were dead, a dozen others were wounded, and Lieutenant D'Arnot was missing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- There was no name missing from the register. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But missing the usual expression of cheerful greeting in Fred's face, he immediately added, Is there anything up at home? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- When I came here, I undertook to throw the necessary light on the matter of the missing Diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Some unbearable anxiety in connexion with the missing Diamond, has, I believe, driven the poor creature to her own destruction. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- When the morning came, the smallest of the boats was missing--and the three Hindoos were next reported to be missing, too. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Missing, it said, on the morning of the fourteenth, a gentleman named Hosmer Angel. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Have you been able to trace any connection between the missing boy and this German master? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- So, if he will do me the honour to breakfast with me to-morrow, we will go over the names of these missing gentry. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Some were refugee cities representing smashed communities, and in these the aboriginal substratum would be missing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Let's have a look around, Alice, and see what's missing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Our loss in the two days' fight was 1,754 killed, 8,408 wounded and 2,885 missing. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Sherman's loss in these last engagements in killed, wounded, and missing, was about sixteen hundred. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- What I wanted above all was to get the missing part of that note. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- These we decided to attempt to reach in the hope that from some ridge we might discern the missing waterway. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- His clothes, his watch, and even his money were in his room, but the black suit which he usually wore was missing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- In that way Lydgate put the question--not quite in the way required by the awaiting answer; but such missing of the right word befalls many seekers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It must have been he who wore those boots and retained the missing gems. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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