missed

verb

past tense of miss
1
as in skipped
to fail to attend had to miss work for a week because of the flu

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2
as in misunderstood
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of I think you're missing the point

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3
as in failed
to be unsuccessful everyone knows that most of the new television series will miss and be gone before anyone notices

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Recent Examples of missed Smack made kicks from 33, 35, 38, 43, 45 and 47 yards and missed wide left from 51. — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026 His foundation has missed the legal minimum for charitable giving for four years running. — Gautam Mukunda, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026 Forward Martín Ojeda, the team’s leading scorer with 11 goals across all competitions, missed the Monterrey match due to a thigh injury and remains unavailable. — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026 Adjusted earnings of 34 cents missed the 40 cents consensus estimate from LSEG. — Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026 Skoronski missed three of his first four games as a rookie after being drafted out of Northwestern. — Teresa M. Walker, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026 Isbel has missed nearly two months with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026 Reus missed big chunks of the campaign with knee and hamstring injuries. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 31 July 2026 The students missed the deadline to either pay tuition or make a payment arrangement. — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for missed
  1. skipped
  2. misunderstood
  3. failed
  4. collapsed
  5. flopped
  6. struggled
  7. folded
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  • Bumper found that fewer than 10% of ad breaks are actually skipped in practice, despite what listeners claim in surveys.
    — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Less likely to to be skipped is Cregan Stark’s arrival to King’s Landing, known as the Hour of the Wolf.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of skipped
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  • Mangione's attorneys then fired back Monday in a response to the DA's office's letter, saying prosecutors had misunderstood their position.
    — Greg Wehner , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Either dark energy is a real phenomenon, causing the universe to grow bigger at a faster and faster rate, or there is no dark energy at all, and scientists have somehow misunderstood the laws of gravity at cosmic scales.
    — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
Definition of misunderstood
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  • Previous peace efforts between Turkey and the PKK have failed, most recently in 2015.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • That would guarantee exclusive 45-day theatrical windows and a moratorium on distributing the movies on streaming services for at least 90 days, with potentially financial penalties if Paramount failed to hold up its end of the bargain.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of failed
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  • Although the market has adapted and prices have remained relatively low considering the historic supply shock during the war, that’s in large part because demand for oil collapsed and China drew down its massive oil stockpiles.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • But he was forced to apologize after his plans to form a subsidiary to run the tournament, which would have opened the door for investors to buy stakes of up to ​20% in a spinout firm, collapsed after widespread backlash across the sport.
    — Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of collapsed
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  • The left is still on the verge of historic wins in Michigan (though Kyle Blomquist, the Democratic Socialists of America’s candidate, flopped in the mostly rural 1st District, where Republicans are favored to win in November).
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • For Stearns, trades that were well regarded at last year’s deadline almost universally flopped, as did January’s acquisition of Freddy Peralta.
    — Tim Britton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of flopped
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  • People half his age with serious mountain experience struggled and marvelled at him leading them to the top.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Whisenhunt had struggled in his last three starts leading up to Tuesday, allowing 14 earned runs and walking nine batters over his last 11 2/3 innings.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of struggled
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  • And Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White would put up historical numbers for a few games before the league eventually folded for good out of shame.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The crease in the middle when the paper is folded is the problem here.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of folded

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