Missed and Preserved

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Missed adjective - Not caught with the senses or the mind.

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Preserved and missed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Preserved" instead a verb "Missed".

Nearby Words: miss, missing

Preserved adjective - Kept intact or in a particular condition.

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Missed and preserved are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Missed" instead a verb "Preserved".

The random number seed is preserved... meaning that save-scumming won't let you "do over" that shot you just missed.

Source: Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Five of the shots the sniper took were perfect, while the fourth shot missed by a lot and ended up in a location where the bullet would be preserved perfectly to be used for evidence.

Source: Film / Jack Reacher
Although memories can be deliberately tampered with, in general they are preserved perfectly in the Pensieve, in virtual reality, including not only details the memory donor would have missed but also ones they could not possibly have seen in the first place.

Source: Photographic Memory

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