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have missing vs are missing

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Have missing' is used when referring to possession or ownership of something that is missing, while 'are missing' is used to indicate that something is not present or cannot be found.

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 1577 views

have missing

This phrase is correct when referring to possession or ownership of something that is missing.

This phrase is used when talking about having something that is missing. For example, 'I have missing keys.'

Examples:

I have missing documents.
She has missing information.
They have missing items.

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For a single NACE/size cell imputations shall not be allowed if more than 50 % of the responding enterprises have missing data for more than 25 % of the quantitative variables.
Madam President, I would thank the Commissioner for having eventually dealt with the other physical agents, for in that way I do not have to say that there are still elements we have missing.
But we all have missing kids, including Tom here.
For a single NACE Rev./size cell imputations shall not be allowed if more than 50 % of the responding enterprises have missing data for more than 25 % of the quantitative variables.
But we all have missing kids, including Tom here.
However, states that demand annual financial statements from micro-enterprises because they do not have effective tax administration and exercise no control, apart from the receipt of the annual financial statement, should hardly be surprised if they have missing tax revenue or tax fraud.
The intercepts have missing words and garbled lines.
The ladies have been missing for 15 hours.
Travis and Danielle have been missing all night.
Not to mention a few others that have gone missing.
We have a missing body in need of a brain.
We could have another missing girl.
We have the missing persons flyers that your parents made.
It must have gone missing somewhere "en route".
Lots of famous writers have got missing fingers.
Three young men have gone missing out there already.
The father and his two young children have been missing since early yesterday morning.
A teenage boy seems to have gone missing.
S.A.P.D. doesn't have a missing person fitting John Doe's description.
Mine seems to have gone missing.

Alternatives:

possess missing
own missing
hold missing
keep missing
contain missing

are missing

This phrase is correct when indicating that something is not present or cannot be found.

This phrase is used to describe the absence of something. For example, 'The keys are missing.'

Examples:

The files are missing.
The students are missing.
The ingredients are missing.

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All four victims are missing teeth and fingernails.
Only Luxembourg and Ireland are missing.
I hear your friends are missing.
You say your paintings are missing.
You are missing the big picture here, Dylan.
Yes, only mine and Gideon's are missing.
And now, Ducky and Jimmy are missing.
Caleb and his family are missing.
And his records from that time are missing, too.
You are missing about $10,000 from the store.
His wife and child are missing too.
You are missing something from your life.
These turbine blades are missing a customs clearance.
Both of Blue's kidneys are missing.
Conner's wife, Claire, and their two children are missing.
Daryl and Carol are missing, too.
Two of my team are missing - I'm calling them.
Nolan and the prisoners are missing.
Five of them are missing, the driver's also MIA.
Smikers' boss mentioned that four balloons are missing.

Alternatives:

are not here
cannot be found
are absent
are nowhere to be found
are not present

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