missing in action
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missing in action
- /ˈmɪsɪŋ ɪn ˈækʃən/ US, UK
adjective MIA
- 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. Missing in action are those who have been dropped from the muster-roll as missing in action, and have subsequently joined again. [...] If the missing in action, or desertion, and the return to the company, both occur in the quarter, it is not necessary to note them; in other words, it is not necessa
- 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.
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adj designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
| Español | desaparecido en acción |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 작전 중 실종 jakjeon jung siljong |
| 日本語 | 行方不明的な yukue fumei teki na |
| 中文 | 任務中失蹤 /任务中失踪, 任务中失踪 rènwù zhōng shīzōng |
| Français | porté disparu, disparu au combat |
| Deutsch | vermisst |
| Italiano | disperso |
| Русский | бе́з вести пропа́вший béz vesti propávšij |
| العربية | فُقِدَ فِي الْمَعْرَكَة fuqida fī l-maʕraka |
| עברית | נעדר |
Talk about this word "missing in action." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/missing%20in%20action. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. missing in action. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/missing%20in%20action "missing in action." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/missing%20in%20action.Cite this
@misc{missing_in_action_2026,
title = {missing in action},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/missing%20in%20action},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
