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UK
/mɪskjˈuː/
]
[ US /ˈmɪsˌkju/ ]
[ US /ˈmɪsˌkju/ ]
NOUN
- a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
- a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball
How To Use miscue In A Sentence
- It was a question of whether Bournemouth could keep up the furious pace, while the odd miscued clearance also unsettled the home fans. Times, Sunday Times
- Athy battled on in search of an equaliser and Joe Tynan had a penalty appeal dismissed by Referee Tommy Masterson and Paul Kelly miscued his shot from 10 yards after a fine through ball from Tynan.
- Smith similarly could have scored as he was played in by Horne but miscued his shot.
- The inclusion of Brun's poetry and plays was an editorial miscue.
- The slightest miscue was liable to be unflatteringly magnified.
- After Lehmann was bumped aside in an aerial challenge by Savage, Reid miscued a shot that Savage, reacting instinctively, diverted over an open goal.
- Anyway, Fells-Danzer eventually atoned for his initial miscue by scoring two touchdowns. Virginia 48, Eastern Michigan 21: Three up, three down
- He hit the side-netting with the first good chance of the night and miscued horribly across goal early in the second half. Times, Sunday Times
- But the out-of-sorts striker rushed his chance and hopelessly miscued his shot wide of Peter Schmeichel's right-hand post.
- A Willian free kick found the defender alone inside the six-yard box but he miscued horribly across the face of the goal. Times, Sunday Times
