miss the forest for the trees

phrase

US

: to not understand or appreciate a larger situation, problem, etc., because one is considering only a few parts of it

Examples of miss the forest for the trees in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To him, these warnings miss the forest for the trees. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025

But to say that the sector has lost interest, or worse, would be to miss the forest for the trees. — Justin Worland, Time, 23 Sep. 2025

Separation Of Money And State Crypto projects like World Liberty Financial and other DeFi and NFT initiatives miss the forest for the trees. — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024

But all that extraneous detail is unnecessary fluff that can cause you — and your buyers — to miss the forest for the trees. — Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024

So instead, scientists make educated guesses, and those guesses sometimes miss the forest for the trees. — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023

There’s a tendency, in both the press and the general public, to miss the forest for the trees with Trump—understandable, again, given the sheer level of general clownery and scandal. — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2023

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