Forgotten and Missing

Forgotten

Forgotten adjective - Left unoccupied or unused.

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

Missing

Missing adjective - No longer possessed.
Usage example: the missing socks turned up in the dog's special hiding place

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

Nearby Words: miss, mission, missed

Both words in one sentence

  • Purple Prose For a moment, dead comrades and missing limbs are forgotten, as G-force slams them without touching their weightless spirits.
    Source: Purple Prose
  • Anime / Digimon Adventure tri. Forgotten Fallen Friend: The 02 kids were shown to have been on the receiving end of a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown and gone missing in Reunion, which spent the rest of its time rather conspicuously not discussing these developments at all.
  • Film / Damnatus Missing Floor: The forgotten variety in that there are more than 69 sublevels to the hive.
Cite this Source
Missing and Forgotten. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/forgotten/missing
Forgotten & Missing. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/forgotten/missing>.
Missing or Forgotten. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/forgotten/missing.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "forgotten" and "missing" have occurred on timeline