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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
And to make matters worse, collections are often missed.
The Lakers started the trip with a loss in Atlanta to a Hawks team missing several starters and key role players.
Ms Grigg said she noticed the gate was open to one of the aviaries when she started doing her daily checks on Friday morning - which is when she realised two birds were missing.
Jack McKellar, UK Power Networks’ innovation programme manager, says: "We don't want anyone to miss out on the benefits of new and emerging technologies, as the UK moves towards a greener future."
“They are the rare overlap of leaky attention, which allows them to pick up signals others miss, and strong discipline and willpower,” Popple says.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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