missing
not able to be found
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,827 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 47,063 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- not able to be found missing in actiona missing person
- nonexistent also: lacking, absent, wanting the thumb is absenther appetite was lacking
missing in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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A section of text was missing from the original printing.
Now We Are Three · Joe L. Hensley · Chapter 1
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But to their great alarm, their missing friend did not reappear.
The Tale of Ferdinand Frog · Arthur Scott Bailey · Chapter 2
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The small boy, Davie, who had a front tooth missing, had come running up from somewhere.
Virginia's Ranch Neighbors · Grace May North · Chapter 1
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But one morning when the colonists arose to go to their daily toil, the piece of tin was missing.
Once Upon a Time in Delaware · Katharine Pyle · Chapter 1
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If this key was missing, then a motive for what may now be safely called a crime is forthcoming.
The North Shore Mystery · Henry Fletcher · Chapter 1