missing in action
adj/ˈmɪsɪŋ ɪn ˈækʃən/US
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The designation for a member of an organization (usually military) with whom contact is…
The designation for a member of an organization (usually military) with whom contact is lost and whose whereabouts are not known, but whose death is not confirmed.
- Private Louis R. Ziegra of this place [Deep River, Connecticut], formerly a bookkeeper at the Pratt-Reid Player Action Co., who is announced in dispatches from the War Department as missing in action is a German prisoner of war.
Not present when one is expected to be.
- He says that when pressed about why the money was missing in action, NAB [National Australia Bank] failed to provide an explanation and threatened to foreclose on the customer.
- Finding her toothbrush last night had been the extent of her unpacking and her slippers were still missing in action.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA