1
as in skips
to fail to attend
had to miss work for a week because of the flu
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2
as in misunderstands
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
I think you're missing the point
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3
as in fails
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 girls
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 maidens
a young unmarried woman
you should ask that young miss if she would like to dance
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as in disasters
something that has failed
a television season with far fewer hits than misses
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Recent Examples of misses
Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But any delays could mean that Wheeler misses a significant chunk of next season.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The traditional framework misses a crucial truth.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Ugarte then threads the ball to Amad, who misses the target, but is flagged offside anyway.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
But if a student misses two of the exams, that probably isn’t the case.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
Early in the sixth album from Big Thief, the band’s singer-songwriter, Adrianne Lenker, misses a flight.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
To argue that their mere presence is proof that the book is dangerous or its author must be as immoral as his characters misses the point.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
At one point, Tatum, 45, was asked about playing a character who misses his daughter, reflecting on his split from Dewan, 44, and co-parenting their 12-year-old daughter Everly.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Early threw 90 pitches – 61 for strikes – and racked up 19 swing-and-misses.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Larson also addressed the near-misses and rued the chance to get a better result than 12th.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
None of his 15 swings-and-misses in 86 pitches came against his fastball.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
This is a misunderstanding of false negatives since action without an underlying model yields even more misses.
—Michael Roytman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In average inflation targeting, the Fed takes into consideration prior misses in hitting its target, and could tolerate higher inflation for a while to account for inflation having run below target in previous years.
—Steve Liesman, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
That number was up 58% from 24 such near-misses in 2022, and up 65% from 2021.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
The survey then gets adjusted to try to capture the parts of the labor market the survey misses.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
But any delays could mean that Wheeler misses a significant chunk of next season.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
The traditional framework misses a crucial truth.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Ugarte then threads the ball to Amad, who misses the target, but is flagged offside anyway.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
But if a student misses two of the exams, that probably isn’t the case.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025
Early in the sixth album from Big Thief, the band’s singer-songwriter, Adrianne Lenker, misses a flight.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
To argue that their mere presence is proof that the book is dangerous or its author must be as immoral as his characters misses the point.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
At one point, Tatum, 45, was asked about playing a character who misses his daughter, reflecting on his split from Dewan, 44, and co-parenting their 12-year-old daughter Everly.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
Just as encouraging is that five of those swings and misses came on his four-seam fastball, which has been as hittable a pitch as there is in baseball in his first season in the United States.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Early threw 90 pitches – 61 for strikes – and racked up 19 swing-and-misses.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Larson also addressed the near-misses and rued the chance to get a better result than 12th.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
None of his 15 swings-and-misses in 86 pitches came against his fastball.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
This is a misunderstanding of false negatives since action without an underlying model yields even more misses.
—Michael Roytman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
In average inflation targeting, the Fed takes into consideration prior misses in hitting its target, and could tolerate higher inflation for a while to account for inflation having run below target in previous years.
—Steve Liesman, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
That number was up 58% from 24 such near-misses in 2022, and up 65% from 2021.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misses
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Speedrunners have also found some arcane sequence skips to get around certain bosses or methods for putting off some boss fights until later than the developers intended.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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This creamy cleanser skips harsh suds and instead uses a peptide blend with amino acids to strengthen fragile strands while preserving your natural oils.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
10 Sep. 2025
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The two men each say the other misunderstands the impacts of Senate Bill 1.—
Shelley Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
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This comes from an internal drive shaped by years of navigating a world that often misunderstands them.—
Alison Escalante,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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And really, if Young fails, Canales fails, too.—
Mike Kaye
September 10,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Sep. 2025
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Alternatively, a star being ripped apart in TDE could produce a day-long GRB, but this scenario fails to replicate other properties of the GRB 250702B, an explosion that would require a very unusual star being destroyed by an even stranger black hole.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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If the restructuring collapses, those investors can pull their money—a potentially catastrophic blow for a company planning to burn through $115 billion by 2029.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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East Chicago city cameras appear to show the two men in an argument before Ramirez collapses.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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But if a team struggles to run the ball or pass the ball, the head coach is left to praise… the kicking game.—
Howard Megdal,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Ansari’s main idea was to show the gig economy, and those stuck on the lower end of the economic scale’s struggles just to say alive.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Misses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misses. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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