missing
noun
- long for, be lacking, absence noted with sadness, be unable to locate
adjective
- long for, be lacking, absence noted with sadness, be unable to locate
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsɪŋ/
adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, miss + -ing.
- Not able to be located; gone, misplaced.
“my missing socks”
“Forty three killed and 80 wounded in action with the Implacable. 180 killed and miſſing in action with the Centaur.”
- 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.
noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, miss + -ing.
- A value that is missing.
“The treatment of missings is a problem in statistical software.”
“Patterns of missings across the whole data set are readily visible, but also patterns which only apply to small subgroups of cases.”
verb
Etymology: By surface analysis, miss + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of miss