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1. Not able to be found
   "missing in action"; "a missing person"
    
2. Nonexistent
   "her appetite was missing";
   - lacking, absent, wanting
    
3. Not present or included (despite being expected, required or desired)
   - bereft, lacking, devoid, wanting

1. Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
   "I missed that remark"; "She missed his point";
   - lose
    
2. Feel or suffer from the lack of
   "He misses his mother"
    
3. Fail to attend an event or activity
   "I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"
    
4. Leave undone or leave out
   "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten";
   - neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, leave out, overlook, overleap
    
5. Fail to reach or get to on time
   "She missed her train"
    
6. Be without
   "There is something missing in my jewellery box!";
   - lack
    
7. Fail to hit
   "The arrow missed the target"
    
8. Be absent
   "The child had been missing for a week"
    
9. Fail to experience
   "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane";
   - escape

See also: lost, nonexistent

Type of: avoid, desire, fail, go wrong, miscarry, neglect, want

Antonym: attend, have, strike, take to heart

Encyclopedia: Missing, Peter