missing in action

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsɪŋ ɪn ˈækʃən/
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No etymology was provided for this word.

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فُقِدَ فِي الْمَعْرَكَة (fuqida fī l-maʕraka) — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Chinese Mandarin: 任務中失蹤 /任务中失踪 — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Chinese Mandarin: 任务中失踪 (rènwù zhōng shīzōng) — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Czech: nezvěstný v boji — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• French: porté disparu — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• French: disparu au combat — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• German: vermisst — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Hebrew: נעדר — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Italian: disperso — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Japanese: 行方不明的な (yukue fumei teki na) — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Korean: 작전 중 실종 (jakjeon jung siljong) — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Northern Kurdish: bêserûşûn — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Malay: hilang dalam pertempuran — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Iranian Persian: مفقودالاثر — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Polish: zaginiony w akcji — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Russian: бе́з вести пропа́вший (béz vesti propávšij) — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Spanish: desaparecido en acción — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Swedish: saknad i strid — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Thai: สูญหายในการปฏิบัติหน้าที่ — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Ukrainian: зни́клий бе́звісти (znýklyj bézvisty) — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed
• Welsh: ar goll ar faes y gad — designation for a member of an organization with whom contact is lost but whose death is not confirmed