[
US
/ˈpɪtˌfɔɫ/
]
[ UK /pˈɪtfɔːl/ ]
[ UK /pˈɪtfɔːl/ ]
NOUN
- a trap in the form of a concealed hole
- 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.