Definition of misstep
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:a mistake in judgment or action :blunder
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: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
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Taken together, these (and other) missteps add up to a tragic missed opportunity.
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But these missteps are redeemed by the sheer weight of information amassed.
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Two weeks into her junior preseason, Lindsey was doing a dig and chase drill when a misstep resulted in a tibial plateau fracture to her left knee that sidelined her for the 2016 season.
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Such missteps have helped erase more than a quarter of the company’s market value in the last 12 months and made Bristol-Myers the target of takeover speculation. ‘
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Maybe people will lose interest in achieving whatever the agreed-upon wedding vibe is for that year and start making endearing aesthetic missteps or letting their mothers-in-law dress themselves or asking their bridesmaids to wear bras again.
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But maybe, as with their father, such missteps are more unfortunate than unexpected.
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Earlier this week, CNN made yet another highly public misstep, which was effectively weaponized by Donald Trump and an army of trolls as a means of scrambling the conversation and further promoting its antijournalism conspiracy theory.
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The family patriarch acknowledges that there have been some missteps in his efforts to rehabilitate his nephews.
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First Known Use of misstep
1788
misstep Synonyms
Synonyms
misapprehension, miscalculation, misjudging, misjudgment, mistake, slip, slipupRelated Words
blunder, boner, boob [British], clinker, errancy, error, fault, flub, fumble, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, stumble, trip; foul-up, muff; misstatement; misconception, misconstruction, misconstruing, misimpression, misinterpretation, misprision, misunderstandingNear Antonyms
accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictness; inerrancy, infallibility, perfectionMISSTEP Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of misstep for English Language Learners
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: an action or decision that is a mistake
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