missing word
Puzzle's blank space
Missing word is a type of puzzle or exercise where a blank appears in a sentence and you must supply the omitted term: Fill in the missing word.
The phrase also describes moments when language fails—when the right expression exists but you can't retrieve it, or when no word adequately captures what you mean.
- lostUnable to navigate
- missing personUnlocated person sought by authorities
- absentNot in attendance
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- without a traceDisappeared leaving no sign
disappeared · thin air · gone · last seen · lacking · misplaced · forgotten · longing · searching · search party · void · empty · hole · gap · fill in the blank · yearning · lost cause · incomplete
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- text errorstypo, misspelling, misprint, spelling mistake, missing letter
- Copy Errorstypo, misspelling, misprint, transcription error, transposition
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- textual correctionspellcheck, typo fix, autocorrect, proofread, edit
- typostypo, misspelling, misprint, transposition, missing letter