Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

missing the forest for the trees

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English

Syllables
miss-ing the -forest -for the trees
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of miss the forest for the trees

Questions

What does missing the forest for the trees mean?
present participle and gerund of miss the forest for the trees

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