misstep

IPA: mɪsstˈɛp

noun

  • A step that is wrong, a false step.
  • (figurative) An error or mistake.

verb

  • (intransitive) To step badly or incorrectly.
  • (intransitive) To make an error or mistake.
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Examples of "misstep" in Sentences

  • For Joe Six-Pack America, such a misstep is no big deal.
  • I'd say the biggest misstep is Virginia elected Bob McDonnell governor ....
  • You may, for instance, be right about “Open Source Media”, but your relish and glee about a perceived misstep is palpable.
  • I questioned this conventional wisdom, wondering instead if the economy wouldn't drive CIOs away from the cloud, fearful that any near-term misstep could be disastrous.
  • Or perhaps he wasn’t thinking about anything in particular and this misstep is what we can expect from a President whose limitless confidence in his own abilities is founded on a slender base of knowledge and experience.
  • When they step into the bell jar of their hotel room Edward and Florence leave all extraneous influences outside, allowing us to microscopically examine the motivations and miscommunications of these two well meaning young people in a controlled atmosphere, in which every misstep is theirs alone and their future happiness might turn on something as spontaneous and irretrievable as a single gesture.

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