Adjective: missed mistVerb: miss mis
- Fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
"I missed that remark"; "She missed his point";
- lose
- Feel or suffer from the lack of
"He misses his mother"
- Fail to attend an event or activity
"I missed the concert"; "He missed school for a week"
- Leave undone or leave out
"How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten";
- neglect, pretermit [archaic], omit, drop, leave out, overlook, overleap [archaic]
- Fail to hit
"The arrow missed the target"
- Fail to reach or get to on time
"She missed her train"
- Be without
"There is something missing in my jewellery box!";
- lack
- Be absent
"The child had been missing for a week"
- Fail to experience
"Fortunately, I missed the hurricane";
- escape
Sounds like: missable, miscissed
See also: incomprehensible, uncomprehensible
Type of: act, avoid, be, desire, exist, fail, go wrong, miscarry, move, neglect, want
Antonym: attend, feature, strike
Encyclopedia: Missed
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