--- title: "How to pronounce \"missing middle\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"missing middle\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/NL5dbO1dq1w/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/missing-middle" --- # How to pronounce "missing middle" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/mɪssɪngmæɪddl/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **mis·sin·gmid·dle** ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "missing middle" in real conversation: ### Example 1 *Accent: AUS* > "not what kind of trade-offs are happening what do we need to be aware of what are people compromising on whether missing middle remains missing um there's a chance that there'll be more trade-offs and compromises on what" - **Watch at 40:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL5dbO1dq1w&t=2401s) ### Example 2 *Accent: AUS* > "that missing middle reform. And I should say it's still draft. The submissions closed about 10 days ago. I'd like to go" - **Watch at 18:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cVWWyaUvyw&t=1119s) ### Example 3 *Accent: AUS* > "the missing middle really is something which people want to live in and therefore what's the planning system" - **Watch at 38:25**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL5dbO1dq1w&t=2305s) ### Example 4 *Accent: US* > "issue of the missing Middle where there's micr finance and there's commercial or some private Equity but there's nothing in the middle so for" - **Watch at 51:39**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JkSe7IfFrs&t=3099s) ### Example 5 *Accent: AUS* > "disorders that the missing middle now it's a awful cliche the missing middle but let's put a name to it it's largely" - **Watch at 58:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArpieCnIGPg&t=3487s) ### Example 6 *Accent: AUS* > "seeing any sort of missing middle or any sort of suburban retrofit in that Regional areas and it's been hard enough in Sydney where we already have perhaps" - **Watch at 70:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmBXQX2wVCw&t=4220s) ### Example 7 *Accent: AUS* > "development or the missing middle on existing Suburban allotments increases opportunities for a larger cohort of" - **Watch at 25:56**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PO06rO4cfc&t=1556s) ### Example 8 *Accent: US* > "But the missing middle refers to the sort of life cycle of firms and the fact that we tend to see either" - **Watch at 23:41**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7zTtKAbRn4&t=1421s) ### Example 9 > "tools that are more humanlike in their ability, and that creates these new types of jobs. So we call that the 'missing middle' because there hasn’t been a lot of discussion about these jobs in the middle where people and machines collaborate. And we’ve come up with two sets of jobs." - **Watch at 1:00**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF8StmyDPak&t=60s) ### Example 10 > "So every organization needs to embrace and understand these new roles and these new issues involved in applying A. I. to their organizations. Now the other side of the 'missing middle' is where machines help people and give people superpowers as we talk about. And there are three categories of jobs we identified here as well based on our research." - **Watch at 5:12**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF8StmyDPak&t=312s) ## How to Pronounce "missing middle" - **Syllables**: mis · sin · gmid · dle - **IPA**: `/mɪssɪngmæɪddl/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [missing](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/missing), [middle](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/middle) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “missing middle”? “missing middle” is pronounced /mɪssɪngmæɪddl/ (mis · sin · gmid · dle). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “missing middle”? “missing middle” has 4 syllables: mis · sin · gmid · dle. ### How can I hear “missing middle” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “missing middle” with synchronized subtitles. 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