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missing stairs

missing stairs is the plural of missing stair.

Meaning of missing stair

Noun

missing stair (plural missing stairs)

  1. (idiomatic, neologism) A member of a community who is widely but privately known within that community for abusiveness or other harmful behavior that has not been addressed.
    • "Oh yeah, I almost forgot to tell you, there's a missing step on the unlit staircase with no railings. But it's okay because we all just remember to jump over it." Some people are like that missing stair.2012 June 22, Cliff Pervocracy, “The missing stair.”, in The Pervocracy (blog), retrieved 21 Sep 2018

Questions about missing stairs

What is missing stairs the plural of?
Missing stairs is the plural of missing stair.

Words near missing stairs in the dictionary

  1. missing person
  2. missing persons
  3. missing piece
  4. missing someone's point
  5. missing stair
  6. missing stairs
  7. missing stays
  8. missing the boat
  9. missing the bus
  10. missing the forest for the trees
  11. missing the mark

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