# Could minimum\_should\_match return missing terms in response?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-minimum-should-match-return-missing-terms-in-response/20054>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 2, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-minimum-should-match-return-missing-terms-in-response/20054 "2014-10-02T15:08:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![loren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/loren/32/44942_2.png) [@loren](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/loren)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-minimum-should-match-return-missing-terms-in-response/20054/1 "2014-10-02T15:08:38Z")

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If I am searching on "one two three four five" with minimum\_should\_match at  
80%, and I have a document containing a field with "one two four five".

It matches, but I would like to know which token(s) weren't present in the  
document so I can present that to the user in the UI via a strikethrough  
word. It seems like that could be returned in each hit as "\_missing"  
alongside "\_score", "\_id", etc.

Is that information on missing terms available or shall I create a feature  
request?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-minimum-should-match-return-missing-terms-in-response/20054/2 "2017-07-06T00:58:37Z")

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