1
as in to skip
to fail to attend
had to miss work for a week because of the flu
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2
as in to misunderstand
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
I think you're missing the point
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3
as in to fail
to be unsuccessful
everyone knows that most of the new television series will miss and be gone before anyone notices
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as in girl
a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
a talented young miss who wants to become a writer
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as in disaster
something that has failed
a television season with far fewer hits than misses
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Recent Examples of miss
Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
But this summer, the rain has been inconsistent and has often missed much of northern and central Arizona.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 30 July 2025
This drop was caused by a miss on revenue, Average Revenue Per User (ARPU), and EBITDA.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Verb
And keep in mind that most of the teams that have collected high volumes of first-round picks all missed the playoffs for several years in a row, including Houston, the Knicks and Spurs.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
But this summer, the rain has been inconsistent and has often missed much of northern and central Arizona.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
On July 25, the engineer from New Jersey lost on the game show after 16 consecutive wins due to a surprising miss on Final Jeopardy!
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 30 July 2025
This drop was caused by a miss on revenue, Average Revenue Per User (ARPU), and EBITDA.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miss
Verb
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First things first, players can skip the promo code.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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Peter Thiel’s fellowship is offering young entrepreneurs $200,000 to skip or leave college and build their own billion-dollar startups.—
Muskaan Arshad,
Fortune,
16 Aug. 2025
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Germany's Bild newspaper reported on Saturday that Witkoff had misunderstood Russia's position on a ceasefire deal, taking Putin's demands for Ukraine to withdraw from Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as an offer for Moscow to pull troops from the two regions.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Aug. 2025
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To imagine that demand can outpace supply is to misunderstand how people demand in the first place.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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After three bargaining sessions this week failed to produce a new contract, union officials announced Thursday night that Naperville School District 203 teachers will go on strike Tuesday.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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According to the memo, a preliminary investigation concluded that a woman, driving a BMW SUV, failed to yield when turning left, resulting in a collision with Hinds.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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Humanitarian workers themselves are collapsing from hunger.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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In 2018, two big Chinese tech companies, ZTE and Fujian Jinhua, nearly collapsed after being cut off from American technology.—
DAN WANG,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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One more common mistake: Fertilizing your lavender, which can result in overly leggy lavender that flops over.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
21 Aug. 2025
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Fisher flopped at Texas A&M and walked away with the largest buyout in college football history — $77.5 million — without ever even reaching the College Football Playoff while in College Station.—
Chase Goodbread,
The Tennessean,
13 Aug. 2025
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Serafin pitches Qualtrics as using technology to solve a problem technology created, saying companies now struggle to piece together a coherent picture of their customers across their call centers, apps, websites, text messages, and social media accounts.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Uncertainty on the river creates a planning 'nightmare' The seven states that use the Colorado River are struggling to reach a new agreement restricting their consumption as the river continues shrinking.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Miss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miss. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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