Missed and Turned

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

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Turned is an antonym for missed.

Nearby Words: miss, missing

Turned adjective - Moved around an axis or center.

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Missed is an antonym for turned.

Nearby Words: turn, turning, turner

There's also a Cape Disappointment in Washington state, so named because fur trader John Meares just missed discovering the Columbia River because he turned around just north of the Cape.

Source: I Don't Like the Sound of That Place
It turned out she had been running late, missed the plane, and came in safely on a later flight.

Source: Teenage Death Songs
The SAC guy's opinion (which turned out to be justified) was that the Soviets had already missed the critical historical window within which they could have won such a war.

Source: World War III

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