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
People who missed their hearings could be denied asylum, leaving them vulnerable to deportation.
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 29 Sep. 2025
What might fans have missed last week?
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Avila, now in his third season, has missed the last two games with the injury.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
West Springs, the inspectors found, had missed key red flags related to Keele’s son’s grave disability, which could have left him seriously harmed.
—ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2025
After the Chiefs missed a field goal that could have increased the lead to 9-0, NBC Sports’ cameras caught Kelce and Chiefs coach Andy Reid in a heated exchange on the sideline.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
Williams has missed the last two games with an undisclosed health issue.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Mobile money was Africa’s first great financial leap — and most of the local banks missed it.
—Gwera Kiwana, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Omot, a Mankato native, missed summer workouts to have surgery for a stress fracture in his shin.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 29 Sep. 2025
What might fans have missed last week?
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Avila, now in his third season, has missed the last two games with the injury.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
West Springs, the inspectors found, had missed key red flags related to Keele’s son’s grave disability, which could have left him seriously harmed.
—ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2025
After the Chiefs missed a field goal that could have increased the lead to 9-0, NBC Sports’ cameras caught Kelce and Chiefs coach Andy Reid in a heated exchange on the sideline.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
Williams has missed the last two games with an undisclosed health issue.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Mobile money was Africa’s first great financial leap — and most of the local banks missed it.
—Gwera Kiwana, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Omot, a Mankato native, missed summer workouts to have surgery for a stress fracture in his shin.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for missed
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Influencers skipped the middleman and built audiences on nontraditional platforms — something Ashe had evangelized years earlier.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
26 Sep. 2025
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Dimon himself skipped Glasgow, but the bank still came to the conference with a series of splashy commitments.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
23 Sep. 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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Owners of The Grand, 1125 Grand Blvd, claim the parking lot’s owners have failed to provide adequate surveillance and security, and that their failure to do so has bred a hot spot for criminal activity.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
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Bell concluded that the plaintiffs failed to show that their data was misused as a result of the breach.—
Chase Jordan
October 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Since the Soviet Union collapsed, the country has doubled its population, the only former republic to do so.—
Dada Jovanovic,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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After getting emotional while sharing her appreciation for her fans, singer Lola Young collapsed while on stage.—
Sara Vallone,
Miami Herald,
28 Sep. 2025
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The critique echoes larger skepticism in Silicon Valley, where hardware plays like Humane’s AI Pin and Rabbit’s R1 have already flopped.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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The movie, which included Adrian Zmed, Christopher McDonald, Lorna Luft, Tab Hunter and Didi Conn reprising her role from the first film as Frenchy, flopped at the box office.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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The contrast suggests Generation X has struggled more than other age groups to recover from the Great Recession.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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And Maya’s father really struggled, as a single dad, to do her hair.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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Those rosters from the past were mostly homegrown, with a few veterans expertly folded in.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Army leaders say the Switchblade is one of several technologies being folded into armored units as the service adapts lessons from Ukraine and other conflicts, where drones have played an outsized role.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Missed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missed. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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