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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1
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
Andy Molinsky,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Yet that misses the gentle buzz of excitement when Secrets visited.
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Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
30 June 2026
These new stats point to an affordability problem the usual housing conversation misses.
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Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
In Raney’s view, if the AI misses important context in a bodycam video that could clear someone of wrongdoing, and an officer fails to review it, their department could be held liable.
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Noah Daly
june 26,
Idaho Statesman,
26 June 2026
Powell could end up being a formidable fallback option if Detroit misses on trading for Brown or Herro.
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Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
But the story misses a scary thing about Big Tech.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
That is what the usual advice about authenticity often misses.
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Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Near misses such as this are set to be the subject of a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, June 23, with the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space and Innovation exploring ways to improve safety across the National Airspace System.
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Adam England,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
The 24-year-old Italian was mixing woeful drop shots with regulation misses (Sinner made 54 unforced errors in the first three sets) against Kecmanović, who was serving brilliantly and skidding the ball through the court.
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Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
After four years of near-misses and no debut, the burnout caught up with her.
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Tiana Denicola,
Variety,
26 June 2026
Here is the distinction the cynic misses.
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Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Those misses rarely occurred in season two, but three episodes into this season, the bat is flying wildly around the stadium, bonking people in the head in a freak mass-casualty bat-event.
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Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
After a handful of close misses, Messi takes a beautiful cross from about 15 yards out and sends it to the bottom corner of the net with a left-footed strike.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 June 2026
And while some swings and misses prompted a few dark years of the soul, his segue into streaming has propelled him to the apex of his Hollywood power.
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Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
Instead, their story became a series of near-misses, with both recognizing the other but never finding the right moment to strike up a conversation.
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Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
Verb
Memorizing where relationships happen in every country misses the point.
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Andy Molinsky,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Yet that misses the gentle buzz of excitement when Secrets visited.
—
Rob Crilly,
The Washington Examiner,
30 June 2026
These new stats point to an affordability problem the usual housing conversation misses.
—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
27 June 2026
In Raney’s view, if the AI misses important context in a bodycam video that could clear someone of wrongdoing, and an officer fails to review it, their department could be held liable.
—
Noah Daly
june 26,
Idaho Statesman,
26 June 2026
Powell could end up being a formidable fallback option if Detroit misses on trading for Brown or Herro.
—
Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
But the story misses a scary thing about Big Tech.
—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
That is what the usual advice about authenticity often misses.
—
Gerald Bradshaw,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
Near misses such as this are set to be the subject of a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, June 23, with the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space and Innovation exploring ways to improve safety across the National Airspace System.
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Adam England,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Noun
If the teams are tied after five kicks, penalties move to sudden death and will end after one team scores and the other misses.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
The 24-year-old Italian was mixing woeful drop shots with regulation misses (Sinner made 54 unforced errors in the first three sets) against Kecmanović, who was serving brilliantly and skidding the ball through the court.
—
Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
After four years of near-misses and no debut, the burnout caught up with her.
—
Tiana Denicola,
Variety,
26 June 2026
Here is the distinction the cynic misses.
—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Those misses rarely occurred in season two, but three episodes into this season, the bat is flying wildly around the stadium, bonking people in the head in a freak mass-casualty bat-event.
—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
After a handful of close misses, Messi takes a beautiful cross from about 15 yards out and sends it to the bottom corner of the net with a left-footed strike.
—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 June 2026
And while some swings and misses prompted a few dark years of the soul, his segue into streaming has propelled him to the apex of his Hollywood power.
—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
Instead, their story became a series of near-misses, with both recognizing the other but never finding the right moment to strike up a conversation.
—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for misses
Verb
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This recipe skips the traditional green food coloring in favor of chives for noticeably colorful freshness.
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Morton takes on conversations the wider disability conversation often skips.
Verb
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Do not rush to defend yourself if someone misunderstands your tone.
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That approach fundamentally misunderstands the trajectory of modern medicine.
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But too often that has become shorthand for a stodgy and unresponsive sector that fails to respond to customer demand.
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Standard sonar often fails in shallow waters, while cameras are blinded by shifting sands and the simple distortion of rolling ocean waves.
Noun
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There’s the pleasant background noise of gossipy girls’ dinners and third dates.
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In 2006, a Vietnamese court convicted him of committing obscene acts with two girls ages 10 and 11 and sentenced him to four years in jail.
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Cheap financial capital has flooded into the industry, lowering the cost of protecting against disasters, but Bäte thinks the trend cannot continue forever.
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City leaders recognize the difficulty for families and communities dealing with vacant disasters.
Verb
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Corruption deepened, the economy entered one of the worst collapses in modern history, and a humanitarian crisis pushed close to a third of the population out of the country.
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By contrast, Roberts’s opinion in Slaughter collapses this distinction.
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According to Castillo, one of the most significant failures has been the tendency to treat many squatter complaints as civil disputes rather than criminal investigations.
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Spence also appears to be absorbing the blame for broader failures, with Thomas Tuchel’s touchline frustrations obvious and — for a player still establishing himself at this level — that scrutiny is unlikely to help.
Verb
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But when weighed down by the moisture, the grass flops over and doesn't present itself as well to the cutting blade.
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One of the best bigs in [expletive] basketball history flops.
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