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missed the memo

missed the memo is the simple past and past participle of miss the memo.

Meaning of miss the memo

Verb

miss the memo (third-person singular simple present misses the memo, present participle missing the memo, simple past and past participle missed the memo)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To be unaware of the current state of affairs.
    • Nevertheless, Bumble, the dating app which once styled itself as a beacon of women’s empowerment because heterosexual women had to make the first move, appears to have missed the memo.2024 May 21, Arwa Mahdawi, “Sex-positive feminism had its moment – and now it has been replaced by voluntary celibacy”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2024
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see miss, memo.

Questions about missed the memo

What is missed the memo the simple past and past participle of?
Missed the memo is the simple past and past participle of miss the memo.

Words near missed the memo in the dictionary

  1. missed stays
  2. missed the boat
  3. missed the bus
  4. missed the forest for the trees
  5. missed the mark
  6. missed the memo
  7. missed the point
  8. missed the wood for the trees
  9. missed the woods for the trees
  10. missed-call
  11. missee

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