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miss
noun as in failure
verb as in fail, make a mistake
Strong matches
blow, blunder, botch, disregard, drop, err, flub, forget, fumble, ignore, juggle, lose, miscarry, misfire, mislay, misplace, muff, neglect, omit, overlook, overshoot, skip, slight, slip, trip, undershoot
Weak matches
be late for, drop the ball, fall flat on face, fall short, let go, let slip, pass over, pass up, trip up
Example Sentences
Target, in contrast, missed analyst expectations and reported a 1.5% decline in sales in the third quarter.
But you both miss a solution: the role older adults can play in filling such posts.
But this can miss deadly cancers and detect those that never need treatment.
Fung is among those engaged in an increasingly desperate search for missing loved ones, which took him to a victim identification station where he and his wife sifted through photos of the dead.
Shares dove following a third-quarter earnings miss, even though the Taser maker posted record revenue and pointed to strong bookings in the fourth quarter.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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