plural of Miss Right

(idiomatic, almost always preceded by a) A sincere but unsuccessful attempt.

plural of Miss Thing

plural of Miss Thang

A failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.

Alternative form of blink-and-you-miss-it

plural of hit-or-miss transform

(mathematics) In morphology, an operation that detects a given configuration (or pattern) in a binary image, using the erosion operator and a pair of disjoint structuring elements.

(slang, archaic) To fail in one's plan or attempt.

An expression of sorrow or sadness about the absence of a family member, close friend, lover or spouse.