missableadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɪsəbl/, U.S.

/ˈmɪsəb(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: miss v.¹, -able suffix.

Etymology: < miss v.¹ + -able suffix. With sense 2 compare earlier unmissable adj. 2.

1. Sport. Of an opportunity: that is likely to be missed.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [adjective] > types of stroke

heeled1887

lofted1887

sliced1890

sclaffy1896

foozled1899

lofting1905

duffed1906

holeable1909

socketed1911

explosive1912

chipped1916

fluffed1923

missable1924

bump-and-run1978

1924 Glasgow Herald 15 June 11/6 Of course it was not a record, but he holed out everything missable.

1955 Times 1 June 4/1 Pattinson missed only one putt that looked holeable and holed a good number that were missable.

1976 Times 20 May 14/4 Down at long leg Howarth held one swirling in the wind that was highly missable.

1999 Mail on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 27 June Wilkinson duly converted, making an eminently missable kick look ridiculously easy.

2. Of an event: that may be missed without loss; that it would be preferable to miss.

ΚΠ

1981 Christian Sci. Monitor 26 Mar. 19/4 A couple of hours before the Oscarcast on Monday, there is a show that not only seems to be eminently missable—but one that I should like to warn you against.

1983 Daily Tel. 25 Nov. 18/2 From the listings column of the New Statesman I learn of probably the most missable event of 1983: the London national meeting of Lesbians in the Labour Party.

1992 D. Pinckney High Cotton ix. 220 The lessons I used to think of as plentiful and therefore missable in the Afro-American Culture class that met too early for me to roll out from under the covers for.

2000 Evening Post (Bristol) (Electronic ed.) 5 May Teenage Welsh soprano Charlotte Church, Joe Pasquale and Beat The Clock—a completely missable midevening combination.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	missable
释义	missableadj. Brit. /ˈmɪsəbl/, U.S. /ˈmɪsəb(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: miss v.¹, -able suffix. Etymology: < miss v.¹ + -able suffix. With sense 2 compare earlier unmissable adj. 2. 1. Sport. Of an opportunity: that is likely to be missed. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > [adjective] > types of stroke heeled1887 lofted1887 sliced1890 sclaffy1896 foozled1899 lofting1905 duffed1906 holeable1909 socketed1911 explosive1912 chipped1916 fluffed1923 missable1924 bump-and-run1978 1924 Glasgow Herald 15 June 11/6 Of course it was not a record, but he holed out everything missable. 1955 Times 1 June 4/1 Pattinson missed only one putt that looked holeable and holed a good number that were missable. 1976 Times 20 May 14/4 Down at long leg Howarth held one swirling in the wind that was highly missable. 1999 Mail on Sunday (Electronic ed.) 27 June Wilkinson duly converted, making an eminently missable kick look ridiculously easy. 2. Of an event: that may be missed without loss; that it would be preferable to miss. ΚΠ 1981 Christian Sci. Monitor 26 Mar. 19/4 A couple of hours before the Oscarcast on Monday, there is a show that not only seems to be eminently missable—but one that I should like to warn you against. 1983 Daily Tel. 25 Nov. 18/2 From the listings column of the New Statesman I learn of probably the most missable event of 1983: the London national meeting of Lesbians in the Labour Party. 1992 D. Pinckney High Cotton ix. 220 The lessons I used to think of as plentiful and therefore missable in the Afro-American Culture class that met too early for me to roll out from under the covers for. 2000 Evening Post (Bristol) (Electronic ed.) 5 May Teenage Welsh soprano Charlotte Church, Joe Pasquale and Beat The Clock—a completely missable midevening combination. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1924
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