missing
Example Sentences
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Her family reported her missing a day later.
From BBC
Notre Dame players kept setting him screens, but Bowman was a little bit off, missing six shots.
From Los Angeles Times
When Victoria failed to return home, Suffolk Police launched a major missing persons inquiry.
From BBC
Later he would remember that “the views were so brief and fuzzy, a missing summit so unexpected, we were in denial about it.”
From Literature
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Many economists say the BLS’s methods for filling in the missing numbers will result in distortions in inflation data until later this year.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.