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missing times

missing times is the plural of missing time.

Meaning of missing time

Noun

missing time (countable and uncountable, plural missing times)

  1. A time period of amnesia or a gap in conscious memory reported by individuals who have experienced alien abduction.
    • The report of abduction, the memory loss, the missing time, and the shape of the UFO are all familiar to UFO investigators, for this is not an isolated episode.1978, Brad Steiger, Alien Meetings, page 168
  2. An operational metric which measures the total amount of time on a timeclock that is unassigned to any task, whether productive or not.

Questions about missing times

What is missing times the plural of?
Missing times is the plural of missing time.

Words near missing times in the dictionary

  1. missing the memo
  2. missing the point
  3. missing the wood for the trees
  4. missing the woods for the trees
  5. missing time
  6. missing times
  7. missing trader fraud
  8. missing trader frauds
  9. missing white girl syndrome
  10. missing white woman syndrome
  11. missingly

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