The English Oracle

"Is missing" vs. "is missed"

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00:00 &Quot;Is Missing&Quot; Vs. &Quot;Is Missed&Quot;
00:18 Accepted Answer Score 17
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Imagine you have a collection of objects including a sword, one day you can't see the sword and you don't know where it's gone, then you can say "The sword is missing", meaning it's absent.

Now imagine you had a sword and you gave it to someone, or you got rid of it, the point being you know where it's gone and you don't have it. You see a snake in your lounge and you wish you had your sword to cut its head, you miss the sword and you think "the sword is missed" (passive).