missed opportunity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmissandopportunity
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miss
noun
uk/mɪs/us/mɪs/
an occasion when something or someone fails to hit something or avoids ...
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opportunity
noun
uk/ˌɒp.əˈtʃuː.nə.ti/us/ˌɑː.pɚˈtuː.nə.t̬i/
an occasion or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have to do, or the possibility of ...
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(Definition ofmissandopportunityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmissed opportunity
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This is by no means a fatal flaw, i but it is amissedopportunity.
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Unfortunately, the closing section of the book, subheaded ' economic diversity and development ', constitutes amissedopportunity.
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A tedious evaluation may result in amissedopportunityfor intervention if time is a critical factor.
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But the 1990s were also a greatmissedopportunity.
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It no doubt represents a thirdmissedopportunity.
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Each song suggests a fragment of a screenplay: an encounter, amissedopportunity, tall stories told through a haze of alcohol and smoke.
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It is therefore widely accepted that late diagnosis is amissedopportunityto prevent the development of these irreversible complications of diabetes.
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As a result, neither of these chapters examines the lived experience of current older divorcees, surely amissedopportunity.
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The introductory chapter 1, written by the editor, is an interesting piece, if something of amissedopportunity.
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Unfortunately, its implementation leaves the reader - at least me - with the feeling of amissedopportunity.
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The absence of any discussion of aesthetic theory (be it nineteenth- or twentieth-century) compounds this sense ofmissedopportunity.
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Arguably, this constituted amissedopportunityto develop normative guidance for the assessment of the goals and potential impact(s) of biomedical research in general.
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This was amissedopportunityto provide a straightforward documentation of the instrument.
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As a result, this volume is something of amissedopportunity.
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This ignorance marks not just amissedopportunityfor enriching people's perception of their planet.
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To my mind, this is amissedopportunity, possibly based on an outdated picture of connectionism.
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Although attractively presented, this book seems confused as to its readership and one is left with a great sense of amissedopportunity.
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Here is amissedopportunityto use the archaeological evidence to understand these complex documents for the first time.
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But if the fetus cannot reflect on amissedopportunity, the fetus cannot be said to suffer.
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In some ways the book is amissedopportunity.
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