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missed
adjective as in not found or noticed
adjective as in longed for
Weak matches
Example Sentences
That includes a somewhat infamous 9-point miss in 1948, when Thomas Dewey didn’t actually defeat Harry Truman.
Williams said her top concern was maintaining adequate staff because Mayo personnel were becoming exposed or infected in the community along with other people, forcing them to quarantine and miss work.
So much so that it’s easy to forget the big whiffs—and yet the list of misses is long.
The Texas hot links, the spare ribs, the turkey, the pulled pork, there’s nary a miss here.
Just like in 2016, the predictors were foiled by bad misses in polling in states like Florida and Ohio.
Ramos just missed being called for one police academy class.
But in a television landscape still so afraid of showing kids that LGBT people exist, it still feels like a missed opportunity.
When his agent asked if he missed his wife, his mind flashed to an image of Alison.
Once a cadet dropped a brick from a third-story barracks window that barely missed Jackson.
But in the meantime, every day that goes by without these resources is a missed opportunity.
She glanced up at him softly, under long lashes,—a thrilling glance; but he missed its radiance, for his own eyes were far away.
This was shown at the Paris Salon, 1889, and missed the gold medal by two votes.
With hands nervously working within her muff, she suddenly missed the handkerchief which she had placed there.
Never in her life had the vicar's wife been guilty of profanity till now, but the opportunity was too golden to be missed.
A gentleman being out a-shooting with Mr. Elwes, missed a dozen times successively.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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