Definitions for near-miss

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Near-Miss is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 430 anagrams from letters in near-miss (-aeimnrss).

Definitions for near-miss

noun

  1. a strike by a missile that is not a direct hit but is close enough to damage the target.
  2. an instance of two vehicles, aircraft, etc., narrowly avoiding a collision.
  3. something that falls narrowly short of its object or of success:

Examples for near-miss

Sometimes—after, say, a near miss on the polo field—he would wonder how polite and dignified the great old days actually had been.

X was then warned of the near miss via a correspondent who had worked with him in the past.

For that reason I should like to come back here to school next year and be near miss North.

near miss Dayton's home a fine private school had been opened, which offered every advantage for girls of Randy's age.

I would have liked to be near miss Desmond, as I wished to draw her out further in regard to her political principles.

“A near miss” as the VA doctor familiar with the case described it.

That seat behind the new little girl was the only vacant one in the room located at all near miss Brown's desk.

She was too angry to notice how near miss Campbell and Elinor were sitting to the open door.

I should be very glad to be near miss Emma of course, and always am.'

Years back, an Invader bomber had scored a near miss on the building, and minor damage to stonework was unrepaired.

Word Value for near-miss
Scrable

4

Words with friends

5

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