Unmissed
verb (used with object)
1.
to fail to hit or strike:
to miss a target.
2.
to fail to encounter, meet, catch, etc.:
to miss a train.
3.
to fail to take advantage of:
to miss a chance.
4.
to fail to be present at or for:
to miss a day of school.
5.
to notice the absence or loss of:
When did you first miss your wallet?
6.
to regret the absence or loss of:
I miss you all dreadfully.
7.
to escape or avoid:
He just missed being caught.
8.
to fail to perceive or understand:
to miss the point of a remark.
verb (used without object)
9.
to fail to hit something.
10.
to fail of effect or success; be unsuccessful.
noun
11.
a failure to hit something.
12.
a failure of any kind.
13.
an omission.
14.
a misfire.
Verb phrases
15.
miss out, Chiefly British. to omit; leave out.
16.
miss out on, to fail to take advantage of, experience, etc.:
You missed out on a great opportunity.
Idioms
17.
miss fire. fire (def 52).
verb
1.
to fail to reach, hit, meet, find, or attain (some specified or implied aim, goal, target, etc)
2.
(transitive) to fail to attend or be present for: to miss a train, to miss an appointment
3.
(transitive) to fail to see, hear, understand, or perceive: to miss a point
4.
(transitive) to lose, overlook, or fail to take advantage of: to miss an opportunity
5.
(transitive) to leave out; omit: to miss an entry in a list
6.
(transitive) to discover or regret the loss or absence of: he missed his watch, she missed him
7.
(transitive) to escape or avoid (something, esp a danger), usually narrowly: he missed death by inches
8.
miss the boat, miss the bus, to lose an opportunity
noun
9.
a failure to reach, hit, meet, find, etc
10.
(informal) give something a miss, to avoid (something): give the lecture a miss, give the pudding a miss
noun
1.
(informal) an unmarried woman or girl, esp a schoolgirl
noun
1.
a title of an unmarried woman or girl, usually used before the surname or sometimes alone in direct address
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