amissing

A1M3I1S1S1I1N1G2
/əˈmɪsɪŋ/

adjective

Missing, lacking.

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Meanings

adjectiveamissing (comparative more amissing, superlative most amissing)

comparative more amissing · superlative most amissing

  1. Missing, lacking.

    Kamal is dead now, but his nephew has taken up the matter, and there will be more horses amissing if the Khaiber Levies do not look to it.

    1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Dray Wara Yow Dee’, Black and White, volume 1, Folio Society, published 2004, page 369

Origin

From a misinterpretation of a-missing (a- + missing) as a single word.

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APA

amissing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amissing

MLA

“amissing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amissing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amissing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amissing.

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