Never hit an unmarried woman (4)

I believe the answer is:

miss

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'unmarried woman' is the definition.
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I can't explain the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for miss that I've seen before include "Don't hit" , "Feel the absence of" , "Fail to get" , "Fail to locate" , "Suffer from the lack of" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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