miss the point

To misunderstand the essence or crux of something. That's not what I meant at all—you missed the point of everything I just said.

miss the point

to fail to understand the important part of something. I'm afraid you missed the point. Let me explain it again. You keep explaining, and I keep missing the point.

miss the point

Overlook or fail to understand the essential or important part of something, as in Chris missed the point of Gwen's complaint, thinking she was opposed to the date of the next meeting . This expression employs point in the sense of "the salient portion," a usage dating from the late 1300s.

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Erekat's Tweets about Bolton's Visit to Jerusalem Totally Miss the Point

I shop in my local village, using the bakery, newsagents, small Co-op etc and, yes, Morrisons, However, this is where you miss the point of my argument.

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He downplayed the Pope's recent reflections in order to promote that type of modern music he finds conducive to a "lively Sunday Mass." This is to miss the point of the Mass with its sacrificial nature.

Church music

So, "Crissy," sometimes we do miss the point, don't we ["The Myth of 'Straight-acting,'" October 10]?

Just regular guys

As a film critic and media literacy educator, I am bothered when audiences miss the point of a movie because of a bad word.

Hooray for Hollywood! Showbiz isn't just a dirty business. Catholics should give two thumbs up even to some of Hollywood's provocative creations and choose to learn from rather than criticize them

Your article, Why Are We Paying So Much For Our Power (Daily Mirror September 19), seems to miss the point.

Letter: WE'VE GOT THE POWER

To blame the teachers is to miss the point. Perhaps before we attempt to educate the children we should try to educate their parents.

Teach parents

However unfortunate, this is the natural evolution of the beast, and those who complain that it is now no more than a showcase for the next Hollywood blockbuster miss the point. While Serge Losique's Montreal World Film Festival, which started-up at the same time as TIFF, has atrophied and is no longer relevant, TIFF continues to grow and evolve and respond to the changes in the marketplace.

Industry: TIFF turns 30

To distinguish between the three is to miss the point: inter-connection, of course.

What are you doing about the environment?

So those who criticize the eccentricity of some of its details clearly miss the point. After all, with over ten years as a key associate of Michael Hopkins and Partners, Bill Dunster graduated from one of the best schools of architectural refinement.

Wake up call: as governments around the world struggle to provide sufficient affordable homes in cities, BedZED has much to teach architects, developers, and residents alike

This, however, is to miss the point. Real estate is competing for capital and the risks and rewards of investing in commercial properties should be compared to the returns on stocks, bonds and cash.

Looking beyond high vacancies and low cap rates

Meeting the challenges of the 21st century by continuing to deploy only the solutions of the 20th century--improved use of technology--is to miss the point. In this age of Internet sales, instant communications and proliferation of products, the future belongs to companies that use technology as a tool, not a solution.

Catering to the Other Customer

If he gets the England manager's job are the FA running the risk that Harry may miss the point and try to sign Gareth Bale, Luca Modric and others for his new team?

Still wheeling, still dealing

--BONO, on how right-wing Christians miss the point of the U2 song "One," as quoted in the November 3 issue of Roiling Stone

Rants raves

While they are busy bleating about whom they can blame for the closure of the facility, they seem to miss the point that if they had spent as much time going to the zoo as they have moaning about the imminent closure, then it would be the most successful zoo in the world.