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[ US /ˈpɪtˌfɔɫ/ ]
[ UK /pˈɪtfɔːl/ ]
NOUN
  1. a trap in the form of a concealed hole
  2. an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty

How To Use pitfall In A Sentence

  • Organizing your finances and time helps you become more productive and responsive and ensures you avoid unnecessary pitfalls, such as incurring wasteful late fees. AllBusiness.com - Home Page RSS
  • There will be numerous pitfalls along the way.
  • While such a sophisticated politician was well aware of the pitfalls involved in fiercely defending his policies and sticking unswervingly to his principles, with hindsight this decision can be seen as fatally flawed.
  • While theoretical academics and self-conscious modernists shy away from the sentimental pitfalls of such subjects as love, sex and death, the country and western crooners would give the human tragi-comedy full unashamed voice. This week's new exhibitions
  • Bachelor life also presented various pitfalls such as having to contend with laundries that insisted on ironing his socks.
  • Generally, pitfall trap data indicated that darkling beetles significantly preferred unmowed areas to mowed areas, while crickets showed no preference.
  • Neglecting the significance of the large regional differences in past temperature changes is another classic pitfall in the arguments put forward by many climate change contrarians.
  • Economy the poor man's mints; extravagancethe rich man's pitfall.Martin Tupper. Americaneconomist. 
  • There are pitfalls and temptations and ideological conflicts.
  • Carabids typically are sampled using pitfall traps.
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