missed out

verb

past tense of miss out, British
as in left (out)

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  1. excluded
  2. omitted
  3. prohibited
  4. prevented
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  • Investigators collected handwriting samples from dozens of people, and all the individuals tested were excluded except for Patsy, whom examiners were unable to eliminate as the possible author.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But the two largest institutions — the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University — were excluded.
    — David A. Lieb, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of excluded
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  • Meanwhile, Gabriel Martinelli was omitted from the matchday squad, which must have been tough for the Brazilian.
    — Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • For the first time since 2019, more students reported standardized test scores on their applications than omitted them.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of omitted
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  • She was ordered to surrender her police identification, keys, weapon, and radio, and was prohibited from entering department property without the chief’s permission.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Cameras are allowed only to capture relevant information for the violation and are prohibited from continuous recording.
    — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of prohibited
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  • Reuters published an interview with Sinan Can Demir, a Texas computer science student who in late July prevented a rogue version of Anthropic’s Mythos model from uploading malicious code to an open-source software project on Github.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • ProPublica went further, enlisting the help of experts to determine which of those deaths could have been prevented.
    — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 25 Aug. 2026
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“Missed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missed%20out. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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