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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Some organizational missteps may have contributed to the decision to move on from Ujiri.
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Mikai Bruce, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Police missteps, including the firing of a lead investigator, sloppy work at the scene and a disputed chain of custody for key evidence, left plenty of reasonable doubt for jurors.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
His first misstep is to gather his department and make the conversation with Kerry a team problem rather than an individual one.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 June 2025
The most significant missteps, according to Ring, had to do with the apparent preference investigators showed the people at the property where O’Keefe was found.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 June 2025
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Mikai Bruce, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Police missteps, including the firing of a lead investigator, sloppy work at the scene and a disputed chain of custody for key evidence, left plenty of reasonable doubt for jurors.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025
His first misstep is to gather his department and make the conversation with Kerry a team problem rather than an individual one.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 June 2025
The most significant missteps, according to Ring, had to do with the apparent preference investigators showed the people at the property where O’Keefe was found.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 June 2025
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“Misstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misstep. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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misstep
noun
mis·step
(ˈ)mis-ˈstep 
1
: a wrong step
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