miss the memo

verb

To be unaware of the current state of affairs.

Opposite
get the memo
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Meanings

verbmiss the memo (third-person singular simple present misses the memo, present participle missing the memo, simple past and past participle missed the memo)

present singular third person misses the memo · participle present missing the memo · participle past missed the memo · past missed the memo

  1. idiomaticinformalTo be unaware of the current state of affairs.

    Nevertheless, Bumble, the dating app which once styled itself as a beacon of women’s empowerment because heterosexual women had to make the first move, appears to have missed the memo.

    2024 May 21, Arwa Mahdawi, “Sex-positive feminism had its moment – and now it has been replaced by voluntary celibacy”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2024
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see miss, memo.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
get the memo
Cite this entry
APA

miss the memo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miss%20the%20memo

MLA

“miss the memo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miss%20the%20memo. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miss the memo,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miss%20the%20memo.

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