missed out

verb

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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for missed out
  1. excluded
  2. omitted
  3. prohibited
  4. prevented
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  • When the employer contribution is excluded, the lifetime benefits amount to roughly 265% of what the worker personally paid into Social Security.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • But lawmakers offered little explanation during a June 30 hearing for why those particular offenses were excluded.
    — Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of excluded
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  • Insult was added to injury in the early days of the blackout, when NIPSCO omitted Gary from their timelines on when power would come back.
    — Chris Tye, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Grealish was subsequently omitted from City’s squad for the summer’s Club World Cup, prior to his Everton switch.
    — David Ornstein, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of omitted
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  • The teacher was immediately placed on leave and prohibited from being on district property or contacting students, North Penn officials said in a statement posted on the school system's website.
    — Laura Fay, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Roulette, slots, wagers, lotteries, raffles, lucky spins and prize wheels are all prohibited.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 27 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
Definition of prevented
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“Missed out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missed%20out. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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