missing
miss·ing (mis′iŋ)
adjective
absent; lost; lacking; specif., absent after combat, but not definitely known to be dead or taken prisoner
Modifying Another Word
- badly: What do you think is still badly missing in KDE?
- entirely: The second insight ( the Enlightenment ) is already entirely missing.
- either: The item was either missing, had been used and, therefore, no longer in existence, or demonstrably extant.
- still: I've got something Mick wrote ( with some still missing Mick!
- often: My hat was never on my own head, and my coat was often missing when I wanted it.
- also: A stone once stood in the center of the circle, but it is now also missing.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- have: Coming from England, I have a gene missing that allows identification of grand scale.
Modifies a noun
- numeral: Another technique of scanning involves counting 19 in boxes along with rows / columns to identify missing numerals.
- tooth: How many implants are required to replace missing teeth?
- diver: The Stoney Cove safety boat was launched and carried out a search for the missing diver 's bubbles.
- ingredient: The missing ingredient in the mix, however, is politics.
- link: There is also a missing link in access to the site by rail from the North East.
- piece: Annette was always the missing piece of our jigsaw.
Used with adjective complement
- go: Has any money gone missing from your home recently?
- report: He learned of another who was reported missing, presumed dead, at sea.
- have: The Trouble Their faith had missing " beats " .
- remain: If a body remains missing, relatives may not even receive anything.
Noun used with modifier
- something: From Successful But Something Missing, © Ben Renshaw 2000, published in the UK by Rider.
O fat white woman whom nobody loves, Why do you walk through the fields in gloves, When the grass is soft as the breast of doves And shivering-sweet to the touch? Oh why do you walk through the fields in gloves, Missing so much and so much? See Chesterton 213:99.
Since we're not young, weeks have to do time for years of missing each other.Yet only this odd warp in time tells me we're not young.
Never tell anyone anything. If you do you start missing everyone.
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