miss the point
Example Sentences
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But you miss the point if you fail to look at the bigger picture.
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2026
So, questions about whether too much is expected of him miss the point - he and Ferrari expect that of themselves.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025
When critics dismiss “Ironic” as made up of a failed set of literal opposites, they miss the point: irony is a rhetorical whirlwind that disrupts language and undermines normativity.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024
I felt like that would miss the point.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024
A lot of people will claim to be both, but those people miss the point entirely: You are predisposed to either one fate or the other.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
