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miscue

[ UK /mɪskjˈuː/ ]
[ US /ˈmɪsˌkju/ ]
NOUN
  1. a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
  2. 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
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