missing

4 definitions • 7 examples

Someone who is missing has disappeared:

Her father has been missing since September 1992.

UK The girl went missing during a family outing to Mount Snowdon.

Something that is missing cannot be found because it is not where it should be:

The burglars have been arrested but the jewellery is still missing.

When did you realize that the money was missing from your account?

Missing soldiers or military vehicles have not returned from fighting in a war but are not known completely certainly to be dead or destroyed:

He was listed as missing in action.

(of a person or possession) not found where you expect to find someone or something; lost or absent:

He disappeared on his way to school and has been missing for over a year.

When did you realize the money was missing?