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misses

NOUN

failure

Synonyms

STRONG

absence blunder default defect error fault loss mishap mistake omission oversight slip want

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance accuracy advantage certainty correction correctness perfection plenty remembrance strength success truth

WEAK

triumph win

VERB

fail, make a mistake

Synonyms

STRONG

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

be late for drop the ball fall flat on face fall short let go let slip pass over pass up trip up

Antonyms

STRONG

accomplish achieve attend correct do do well face find fix heed keep look at meet note notice pay attention regard remember respect succeed

VERB

want; feel a loss

Synonyms

STRONG

crave desire long need pine wish yearn

Antonyms

STRONG

despise dislike hate not want

Example Sentences

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Yes, a new Steven Spielberg movie about close encounters with extra-terrestrials is landing — and misses the mark.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

He misses the possibility of repeating the error when, in the same document, he settles—in one decisive, overconfident paragraph—the question of whether the cognitive systems we are building could ever have inner lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Too many near misses with the wall and how he didn't shunt into Turn One I'll never know.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Melenchon, who never misses a chance to lambast traditional media, is reluctant to appear on television -- even though it was on TF1 that he announced his presidential bid.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

He doesn’t understand how Mom can miss a place almost as much as she misses a person.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan