missing
/ˈmɪsɪŋ/ adjective A2- Not able to be located; gone, misplaced. · my missing socks
- Not present when it (they) should be. · missing data point· Joe went missing last year. He had all teeth missing when he was finally found.
- Of an internal combustion engine: running roughly due to an occasional lack of a spark or other irregular fault.
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“But the three missing drawings are the most important?”
The Mother coming up, and missing one of her sons, inquired of his brothers what had become of him.
Sometimes, indeed, they were broken or missing altogether, leaving holes that Toto jumped across and Dorothy walked around.
Now there are three papers still missing.
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