- present participle of miss.
missing
Example Sentences
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The figure represented a four-percent fall from the first quarter, also missing a Bloomberg forecast of 58.4 billion yuan.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Even the strangest of things happen for a reason, like when a life-size Celine Dion cutout goes missing and later reappears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"The missing vultures are almost back. If you go to the marketplace now, you see vultures. At one time they disappeared, but now they are coming back," Igwe confirms.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The only thing missing, really, was my nervous waiter in the bow tie.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
There was something I was missing, I just knew it, but I couldn’t see what.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
