Examples of misstep in a Sentence
Their decision to relocate the company was a major misstep.
another misstep like that, and the company could go belly-up
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Boards appear less willing to tolerate underperformance or personal missteps, leading to a spike in changes at the top of some of the world’s biggest companies.
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Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Even before Beal’s misstep, Ross reportedly planned to make Jennifer his successor, though Ross has never confirmed that publicly and has spoken to Dolphins reporters only once this decade (when Mike McDaniel was hired as coach in February 2022).
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Think of the Fool tarot card; one misstep backwards brings catastrophe.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 20 Oct. 2025
Today, overlooking geopolitical risks would be a serious misstep.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
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Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Even before Beal’s misstep, Ross reportedly planned to make Jennifer his successor, though Ross has never confirmed that publicly and has spoken to Dolphins reporters only once this decade (when Mike McDaniel was hired as coach in February 2022).
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Think of the Fool tarot card; one misstep backwards brings catastrophe.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 20 Oct. 2025
Today, overlooking geopolitical risks would be a serious misstep.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Misstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misstep. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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misstep
noun
mis·step
(ˈ)mis-ˈstep 
1
: a wrong step
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