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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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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This is to miss the point of the Mass with its sacrificial nature.

Church music

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

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

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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.

Industry: TIFF turns 30

But to dwell on technicalities is to miss the point.

THE NEW MODERNIST IN WORLD ARCHITECTURE

You seem to miss the point entirely that I was recounting my own past experiences--as triggered by Ellen Gallagher's provocative art and her quite irreverent representation of the "race issue.

Letters

Lest anyone miss the point, Fierstein adds, "I am an artist," with simultaneous mock-haughtiness and no-bull conviction.

Everything's coming up Hairspray: when John Waters and Harvey Fierstein get together on Broadway, it's ... divine! (arts & entertainment)

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