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missing the memo

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appears to have missed the memo.2024 May 21, Arwa Mahdawi, “Sex-positive feminism had its moment – and now it has been replaced by voluntary celibacy”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2024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

What is missing the memo the present participle and gerund of?
Missing the memo is the present participle and gerund of miss the memo.

Words near missing the memo in the dictionary

  1. missing stays
  2. missing the boat
  3. missing the bus
  4. missing the forest for the trees
  5. missing the mark
  6. missing the memo
  7. missing the point
  8. missing the wood for the trees
  9. missing the woods for the trees
  10. missing time
  11. missing times

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