misstep

noun mis·step \ -ˈstep \

|Updated on: 6 Aug 2018

Examples: misstep in a Sentence

Definition of misstep

1 : a mistake in judgment or action : blunder

2 : a wrong step

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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

Recent Examples of misstep from the Web

But as Swaminathan noted, name recognition could backfire with any kind of public slip misstep or scandal.

— rachel siegel, chicagotribune.com, "Kylie Jenner is on track to become the youngest self-made billionaire. Ever.," 14 July 2018
Kim Kardashian West is arguably the beauty icon of our time, but that status and expertise have been hard won over years of lessons and missteps.

— lindsey v thompson, Allure, "Kim Kardashian West Shares a Throwback Picture Minus Her Hair Extensions and Fake Lashes," 13 July 2018
Those missteps brought some other shortcomings — the atmosphere, mostly — into sharper relief.

— mike sutter, San Antonio Express-News, "Review: India Oven brings the heat on West Avenue," 12 July 2018
More broadly, Gawande will have to learn to manage the new venture, and his other interests, in a fish bowl, as his every move and misstep will be the subject of intense media coverage and scrutiny.

— casey ross, STAT, "As Atul Gawande steps into a risky health CEO role, here are five challenges he faces," 9 July 2018
Ultimately, the president grew disillusioned with Mr. Pruitt after the accusations of impropriety and ethical missteps overshadowed Mr. Pruitt’s policy achievements.

— New York Times, "E.P.A. Chief Scott Pruitt Resigns Under a Cloud of Ethics Scandals," 5 July 2018
The first year of any school is full of glitches and missteps, but what happened at Willie Brown seemed extreme.

— daniel duane, WIRED, "How the Startup Mentality Failed Kids in San Francisco," 28 June 2018
Immigration lawyers have reported difficulties in locating parents on behalf of children, and children on behalf of their parents, due to negligence on the part of ICE when imprisoning migrants, language barriers, and other bureaucratic missteps.

— Vogue, "The Families Belong Together March Is on June 30: Everything You Need to Know," 27 June 2018
But Taylor’s positioning at the end of the release wave—and her status as the least established of the G.O.O.D. artists—made her uniquely vulnerable to West’s missteps.

— hannah giorgis, The Atlantic, "Teyana Taylor’s Music Has Matured, but Has Her Label?," 25 June 2018

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