missing
adj.adj. not in the place where it should be or where you expect it to be. You use this when something is lost or someone is not there.
adj. absent from a place where something or someone is expected to be found; lost or not present. Often follows a linking verb or acts as a postpositive modifier.
My keys are missing again.
The police are searching for a missing person who was last seen near the park yesterday morning.
After the storm, several roof tiles were missing, and the family spent the afternoon searching the garden for the debris to prevent further water damage.
By surface analysis, miss + -ing.
Often follows the noun it modifies in specific phrases like 'person missing' or 'money missing', though it typically precedes the noun in general use.
I am missed my busI missed my busLearners confuse the adjective 'missing' (lost) with the past tense of the verb 'miss' (to fail to catch or be late).