miss
verb (used with object)
to fail to hit or strike.
missable
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a word derived from
miss.
Example Sentences
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Too bad it’s the narrative of “My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission,” the missable third film based on the popular anime series.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
Perhaps the nicest moment in golf was when Jack Nicklaus conceded a missable putt to Tony Jacklin in 1969, thereby concluding the Ryder Cup that year in a historic tie after decades of American domination.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 29, 2019
“But when that idea is hatched in the story, it is the most missable, little, dismissive moment. And that’s how it would happen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2016
But Bradley, with his new short putter, the broom-handle hoicked out of the window, pops his missable five-footer into the cup.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 13, 2015
The end of the hole was that Bobby, by holing a very missable putt, did get a four, and Herman took five and lost the hole.
From Fifty Years of Golf by Horace G. Hutchinson
