missing in action English

Meaning missing in action meaning

What does missing in action mean?

missing in action adjective

— (chiefly, military) 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.

— not present when one is expected to be

Topics missing in action topics

What do people use missing in action to talk about?

Social behavior Conflict

War

• What words refer to someone who is hurt or killed in a war?
  casualty missing in action

States Location Be at a place

Absent

• What words indicate that something or someone is not in a particular place?
  be absent not be here not be around be out not be in be away missing be off not be at not be there absence be gone not present be away nowhere to be found out of sight truant absent without leave AWOL missing in action not show up make yourself scarce minus someone be lacking lose elsewhere somewhere else