misset

verb

Definition of missetnext
as in to lose

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  1. lose
  2. pass over
  3. mislay
  4. miss
  5. misplace
Verb
  • Black employees were more likely than others named on the list to have lost their jobs and still be unemployed, the Post found.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Beyond that frequency, the optical signal can lose intensity and become less useful for reliable data transmission.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of lose
Verb
  • Under pressure on third down, the senior quarterback scrambled and then threw a late pass over the middle.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Chang was steadily promoted before he was passed over for the position of chief executive, perhaps for bamboo-ceiling reasons.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of pass over
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  • Broadening the base has always been the plan, but its been mislaid for 80 years.
    — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • So many things, dropped and lost and mislaid, twinkling all over the place like a museum/ junkyard.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
Definition of mislay
Verb
  • Evans missed all of this week’s practice with a triceps injury.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Martin’s view Major international sporting events are welcome in East Africa, however, there is a piece missing.
    — Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of miss
Verb
  • But Christopher Lowe, director of the Cal State Long Beach Shark Lab, thinks that fear could be misplaced.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • But, as Daniel Immerwahr wrote for The New Yorker in 2023, this wellspring of panic was probably misplaced.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of misplace
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