1
as in skipped
to fail to attend
had to miss work for a week because of the flu
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2
as in misunderstood
to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
I think you're missing the point
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as in failed
to be unsuccessful
everyone knows that most of the new television series will miss and be gone before anyone notices
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Recent Examples of missed
People who missed their hearings could be denied asylum, leaving them vulnerable to deportation.
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Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 29 Sep. 2025
What might fans have missed last week?
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Avila, now in his third season, has missed the last two games with the injury.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 23 Sep. 2025
West Springs, the inspectors found, had missed key red flags related to Keele’s son’s grave disability, which could have left him seriously harmed.
—ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2025
After the Chiefs missed a field goal that could have increased the lead to 9-0, NBC Sports’ cameras caught Kelce and Chiefs coach Andy Reid in a heated exchange on the sideline.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
Williams has missed the last two games with an undisclosed health issue.
—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
Mobile money was Africa’s first great financial leap — and most of the local banks missed it.
—Gwera Kiwana, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Omot, a Mankato native, missed summer workouts to have surgery for a stress fracture in his shin.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for missed
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Influencers skipped the middleman and built audiences on nontraditional platforms — something Ashe had evangelized years earlier.—
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Dimon himself skipped Glasgow, but the bank still came to the conference with a series of splashy commitments.—
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Germany's Bild newspaper reported on Saturday that Witkoff had misunderstood Russia's position on a ceasefire deal, taking Putin's demands for Ukraine to withdraw from Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as an offer for Moscow to pull troops from the two regions.—
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Brown was caught after the raid failed and charged with treason.—
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When Atsu was first revealed as the game’s protagonist, reactionaries jumped to disavow the sequel, citing bad-faith reasoning that failed to hide their prejudices.—
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Since the Soviet Union collapsed, the country has doubled its population, the only former republic to do so.—
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After getting emotional while sharing her appreciation for her fans, singer Lola Young collapsed while on stage.—
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The company’s efforts to improve its dimming sales growth prospects with an obesity medicine have largely flopped, leaving the pharma giant sidelined from the industry’s hottest market.—
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One member of the group, Joel Wenhardt, from Southern California, shuffled to the piano and flopped down on the bench.—
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The contrast suggests Generation X has struggled more than other age groups to recover from the Great Recession.—
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And Maya’s father really struggled, as a single dad, to do her hair.—
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Use small paper envelopes, gift bags, or even folded construction paper, and label each with a number from 1 through 31.—
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When folded, the new device would look like two iPhone Airs stacked together, sources tell Gurman.—
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“Missed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missed. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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