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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One misstep can make an aggressive play into a game-breaking one.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Here’s my column on more Dolphins personnel missteps coming to light on Sunday.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Filosa, an industry veteran from Stellantis’ predecessor company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, is struggling to stabilize a group that’s suffered steep market share losses in the US and Europe following a series of strategic missteps under Tavares.
—Gabrielle Coppola, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
The Legion Go 2 is a premium machine that improves on some of the Legion Go’s missteps while owning others of them to greater effect here.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Here’s my column on more Dolphins personnel missteps coming to light on Sunday.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Filosa, an industry veteran from Stellantis’ predecessor company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, is struggling to stabilize a group that’s suffered steep market share losses in the US and Europe following a series of strategic missteps under Tavares.
—Gabrielle Coppola, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
The Legion Go 2 is a premium machine that improves on some of the Legion Go’s missteps while owning others of them to greater effect here.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Misstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misstep. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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misstep
noun
mis·step
(ˈ)mis-ˈstep 
1
: a wrong step
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