The phrase "somewhat missing" is correct and can be used in written English.
It means that something is not completely absent, but is lacking to some degree. Example: "The project's success was somewhat missing due to a lack of funding."
Mr. M. is somewhat missing the point of the cartoon.
Often, however, the importance of geomorphic change and geomorphological knowledge is somewhat missing from processes employed to inform SES governance.
I do sometimes think that when this phenomenon is described as 'community,' it is somewhat missing the boat.
Upstairs, we discovered that the 10 rooms have a (mercifully subtle) Animal Farm theme, presumably a nod to the building's 18th-century farmhouse origins (though somewhat missing the point of the novel).
As the Affordable Care Act has lurched toward implementation, the voices of small businesses have been somewhat missing from the discussion of what happens next — at least, that is, the unmediated voices of small businesses.
Many followed his example, smiling and pointing at the box they had ticked (or in some cases sticking the red pencil up their nose and blocking the view of the ballot paper, somewhat missing the point).
It also somewhat misses the point.
That the message of the Zuccotti Park occupiers is fuzzy somewhat misses the point.
"The idea that students should seek permission for protest action somewhat misses the point of an occupation action.
The emphasis on competition, he told me, somewhat misses the point — even at the level of champions.
In short, the notion that the Republican nomination process is simply a delegate-counting contest is correct on technical grounds, but somewhat misses the forest for the trees.
