miss out

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miss out

verb misses out · missing out · missed out

  1. intransitive, transitive, with 'on' To miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed. Oh my good gracious me, look at that. Whoa! Quick! What is it? I can't explain it. You're just going to have to come over here and look out this window for a while. Whatever it is, we're not interested. Well. I have to say you're missing out.
  2. UK, transitive To leave out, to omit. People often miss out the "l" in "vulnerable".

    Similar: exclude, miss off

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verb to miss something that should not be missed

Españolperdérsela
한국어놓치다 notchida
日本語逃す nogasu
中文錯過 /错过 cuòguò, 放過 /放过 fàngguò, 丟掉 /丢掉 diūdiào
Portuguêsperder
Françaismanquer, perdre, laisser passer, louper
Deutschverpassen
Italianoperdere
Русскийупуска́ть upuskátʹ, упусти́ть upustítʹ

verb to leave out, to omit

Deutschauslassen

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@misc{miss_out_2026,
  title = {miss out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/miss%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}