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misses the memo

misses the memo is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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move, appears to have missed the memo.2024 May 21, Arwa Mahdawi, “Sex-positive feminism had its moment – and now it has been replaced by voluntary celibacy”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2024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 misses the memo

What is misses the memo the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Misses the memo is the third-person singular simple present indicative of miss the memo.

Words near misses the memo in the dictionary

  1. misses stays
  2. misses the boat
  3. misses the bus
  4. misses the forest for the trees
  5. misses the mark
  6. misses the memo
  7. misses the point
  8. misses the wood for the trees
  9. misses the woods for the trees
  10. Misses Wrong
  11. misseses

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