Notices absence of young women (6)

I believe the answer is:
misses
'young women' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
I cannot understand how the rest of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for misses that I've seen before include "Unmarried ladies" , "Overlooks" , "Failures to hit" , "Fails to hit the target" , "Lacks; lasses" .)
