NEAR MISS Synonyms: 7 Similar and Opposite Words

near miss

noun

Definition of near miss next

as in narrow escape

a barely successful escape from something undesirable a near miss with death prompted him to give up skydiving

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

misfire

Examples Sentences

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Recent Examples of near miss The job involves high stakes, and having a deficit of said employees fuels a number of near misses of airplane collisions, as close calls involving crashes happen on average multiple times a week per a 2023 New York Times investigation. —

Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024 Since then, there have been plenty of near misses: Calgary lost to Tampa Bay in seven games in 2004, Edmonton to Carolina in seven in ’06, Ottawa to Anaheim in five in ’07 before the Vancouver and Montreal trips to the final. —

Stephen Whyno, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2024 This felt the most definitive of all the near misses with United players City. —

Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024 Most of the near misses also came from those teams. —

Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 3 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for near miss