misses
Shoots wide of target
Misses is the plural of miss in its noun senses: failed attempts, absences of contact, or young unmarried women.
He had two hits and three misses.
Several near misses made her nervous.
As a verb form, misses means fails to hit, catch, or attend: She misses her old friends.
The bus misses our stop entirely.
Intense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
homesickness · ache · craving · hiraeth · longing · regret · reminiscence · sorrow
State of not being
- lackDeficiency or absence
- voidWithout legal effect
- gapUnfilled space between
- emptinessAbsence of substance
vacancy · omission · loss · disappearance · unavailability · shortage · deficiency · nonattendance
Fault in communication
oversight · slip · fumble · whiff · dropped ball · misfired · bungle · gaffe
Quick liquor serving
- goalDesired end result
- puttShort golf stroke
- free throwUncontested penalty basket attempt
- field goalPoints from a kick
penalty kick · target · basket · strike · swing · wide · short · long
Married woman's title
- MsFemale title, unmarried or married
- madamFormal address for women
- ma'amPolite term for women
- señoritaSpanish honorific for unmarried women
mademoiselle · young lady · unmarried woman · spinster · maiden · lass · damsel · debutante
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- wistfulnessTender sadness for absence
heartache · homesickness · ache · craving · hiraeth · longing · regret · reminiscence · sorrow · bittersweet
absence
State of not being
emptiness · vacancy · omission · loss · disappearance · unavailability · shortage · deficiency · nonattendance · skipping
error
Fault in communication
botch · oversight · slip · fumble · whiff · dropped ball · misfired · bungle · gaffe · flop
shot
Quick liquor serving
- goalDesired end result
- puttShort golf stroke
- free throwUncontested penalty basket attempt
field goal · penalty kick · target · basket · strike · swing · wide · short · long · saved
Mrs
Married woman's title
señorita · mademoiselle · young lady · unmarried woman · spinster · maiden · lass · damsel · debutante · pageant
- I miss youExpression of absence-caused sadness
- missing outFailing to partake
- missed callPhone contact attempt failed
- hit or missLacking consistent reliability
- miss outFail to experience
- missed outFailed to partake