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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Operating losses, management missteps — including a disastrous 2011 Super Bowl ad — and a rapid post-IPO decline in valuation led to the 2013 ouster of Mason as CEO.
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Public health officials also committed missteps in conveying the use value of masks.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The breakup comes a decade after its messy mega-merger, orchestrated by billionaire investor Warren Buffett and considered one of his notable missteps.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
By denying Freixe a golden parachute, the Swiss food giant signaled that boards are starting to treat reputational risk as seriously as financial risk, and that missteps at the top no longer guarantee a cushy landing.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Public health officials also committed missteps in conveying the use value of masks.
—Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The breakup comes a decade after its messy mega-merger, orchestrated by billionaire investor Warren Buffett and considered one of his notable missteps.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
By denying Freixe a golden parachute, the Swiss food giant signaled that boards are starting to treat reputational risk as seriously as financial risk, and that missteps at the top no longer guarantee a cushy landing.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Misstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misstep. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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misstep
noun
mis·step
(ˈ)mis-ˈstep 
1
: a wrong step
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