Missing and Needed

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Missing adjective - No longer possessed.

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

Nearby Words: miss, mission, missed

Needed adjective - Impossible to do without.

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Missing and needed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Missing" instead an adjective "Needed".

Nearby Words: need, needs, needy, needful, needing

It didn't take long for the public to notice the missing Talents (who were needed to fight) or the missing funds from the United Trade international economic program.

Source: Tabletop Game / Wild Talents
Sins of the Father contains examples of: Adult Fear: Finding out that your wife died and missing out in your childrens lives when they needed you the most.

Source: Fan Fic / Son of the Desert
Ironically in the case of the measuring cups, at least once he's been missing the cup they actually needed and they had to improvise.

Source: Do-Anything Robot

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