miss the point
Example Sentences
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But while many say it is all just a show, they really miss the point.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2025
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
I felt like that would miss the point.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024
At first, the players’ resistance to the garishness of the Second Symphony’s blaring machine music, Prokofiev’s nod to the fashion for compositions that imitate the sounds of industry, seemed to miss the point.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024
Nowadays, we would call this plagiarism, but that would be entirely to miss the point.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
