Extinct and Missing

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Extinct adjective - No longer existing.

Usage example: a few overgrown ruins are all that remain of that once mighty but now extinct civilization

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Missing and extinct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Missing" instead an adjective "Extinct".

Nearby Word: extinction

Missing adjective - Not present or in evidence.

Usage example: any sense of how real people talk and act is missing from this novel

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Extinct and missing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Extinct" instead an adjective "Missing".

Nearby Words: miss, mission, missed

For reference, the default mythological source of the language are the Dragons, long-extinct or missing beings who once casually wandered the supernal and all other realms and founded Atlantis accidentally by flying through some dreams once.

Source: Tabletop Game / Mage: The Awakening
The Missing Faction: The lost/extinct vampire clans: the Cappadocians and the Salubri.

Source: Tabletop Game / Vampire: The Masquerade
Too bad that by the time war ended, the Old Ones were already extinct or otherwise missing, leaving the Orks behind to plunder the galaxy.

Source: Always Chaotic Evil

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