10 Examples of Oxymorons

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6. Found Missing

Here is another example of a term that uses two words that contradict each other and are, therefore, an oxymoron. If something has been found then it is not missing and if it is missing, then it cannot have been found. Regardless, it is still a common term and is usually used to help describe incidences where a person has gone missing.

It is used to describe situations where a discovery was made that a person is missing. For example, if your kids should be in their bedroom only for you to find out that they had vanished, they would be described as having been “found missing.”

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