Miss
Miss verb - To fail to attend.
Scan
Scan verb - To look over closely (as for judging quality or condition).
Usage example: scanned the manuscript carefully for any overlooked errors
How words are described
| good | good miss | good scan |
| brief | brief miss | brief scan |
| single | single miss | single scan |
| bad | bad miss | bad scan |
| Other adjectives: absolute, early, later. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Parodied in a sketch of The Benny Hill Show in which a technician attempting to pan and scan a movie in real time manages to miss all of the important details.
Source: Pan and Scan -
Last Lousy Point: The Ing Webtrap scan is very easy to miss, as it's a special door lock that only appears during a single battle sequence in Dark Agon Wastes.
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The few hints about where to scan are located in different areas of the ruins, and the references are easy to miss.
Source: Video Game / La-Mulana
Cite this Source
Scan and Miss. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/miss/scan
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Scan or Miss. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/miss/scan.
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