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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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The more urgent question is whether current testing misses people whose brains are already affected despite "normal" results.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

But as David Epstein writes in “Inside the Box,” it “completely misses the true secret to Mendeleev’s success.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

McIlroy endured a string of near misses at majors before claiming last year's Masters.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

She became a paralegal and never misses a practice or game.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026

“I still don’t understand. Freezing time so no one else misses an opportunity, is that you being helpful or you being vengeful?”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles