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[ UK /mɪsstˈɛp/ ]
[ US /mɪˈstɛp, mɪsˈstɛp/ ]
NOUN
  1. an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
    he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later
    he recited the whole poem without a single trip
    confusion caused his unfortunate misstep

How To Use misstep In A Sentence

  • It's a grand misstep full of clumsy guitars and a confused direction.
  • But we certainly were there to chronicle the missteps and the absolute staggering human tragedy.
  • `Five full years without a misstep, five years of fidelity. HERE BE DRAGONS
  • While I'm not typically one of those people who second-guess my own or other people's strategic decisions when things aren't going well, I have a duty to my community, my gay brethren (and "sistren"?), and myself to point to what I believe are our obvious missteps in the effort to advance our cause. Gary Cohan: Premature Emancipation? A Pragmatist's View of the Gay Marriage Struggle
  • The author also argues for avoiding several potentially fatal missteps.
  • The team works at over 27m in the air, and any misstep at these heights could injure or kill a worker, so a safety harness is a must.
  • Eminem does a sound job of reflecting the concerns of young America with articulate, intelligent lyrics and then he missteps.
  • But by their misstep salvation has come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.
  • I envy her recklessness, the roughness of her unpracticed pirouettes, the occasional clumsy misstep that inspires no apologies.
  • The early missteps in the legal review of the program "jeopardized" the Justice Department's relations with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the secret court that approves intelligence wiretaps, because the program operated outside the bounds of the court, the report said. NYT > Global Home
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