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missing

Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsɪŋ/

The English word “missing” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Not able to be located; gone, misplaced.
  2. Not present when it (they) should be.
  3. Of an internal combustion engine: running roughly due to an occasional lack of a spark or other irregular fault.

noun

  1. A value that is missing.

Etymology

By surface analysis, miss + -ing.

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