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missing
 
Adjective missing has 2 senses
  1. lacking, missing, nonexistent, wanting - not existing; "innovation has been sadly lacking"; "character development is missing from the book"
    Antonym: present (indirect, via absent)
  2. missing - not able to be found; "missing in action"; "a missing person"
    Antonym:     found (indirect, via lost)
Verb miss has 9 senses
  1. miss, lose - fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind; "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point"; "We lost part of what he said"
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. miss - feel or suffer from the lack of; "He misses his mother"
    --2 is one way to     desire, want
    Sample sentence:
    They miss moving
  3. miss - fail to attend an event or activity; "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"
    --3 is one way to     fail, neglect
    Antonyms: attend, go to
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap - leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
  5. miss - fail to reach or get to; "She missed her train"
    --5 is one way to     fail, go wrong, miscarry
    Derived form: noun miss2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  6. miss, lack - be without; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewellery box!"
    Antonyms: have, feature
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  7. miss - fail to reach; "The arrow missed the target"
    Antonyms:     hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
    Derived form: noun miss2
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  8. miss - be absent; "The child had been missing for a week"
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  9. miss, escape - fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
    --9 is one way to avoid
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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