Missing
Short of
Missing and short of are semantically related in deficient in topic. Sometimes you can use "Missing" instead an adjective phrase "Short of".
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- Derek & Drew, with their four leg wins and being the only Alpha Male team on the season, were the favorites to win with four teams remaining, but their repeatedly missing the Roadblock clue in Vietnam eliminated them short of the Final 3.
- After 20 years in real life (just a few years short of the in-universe time that they were missing), their whereabouts are finally known, and where they had disappeared to forms a crucial part of the main plot.
Source: Plot Archaeology - Aes Sedai in The Wheel of Time series have the magical means to heal almost anything short of a missing limb or death, but Nynaeve has an innate medical mastery that far outstrips even those who have studied the art for decades.
Source: Super Doc
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Short of and Missing. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/missing/short_of
Missing & Short of. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/missing/short_of>.
Short of or Missing. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/missing/short_of.
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