miss the memo

English

Verb

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

1. (informal) To be unaware of the current state of affairs.
   • 2024 May 21, Arwa Mahdawi, “Sex-positive feminism had its moment – and now it has been replaced by voluntary celibacy”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see miss,‎ memo.

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