as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
the slightest miscue could make the trapeze artist lose his grip and fall to the mat below
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Recent Examples of miscue
James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
The Tigers capitalized on a handful of key miscues to make history with their first-ever victory over a No. 1 opponent
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—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
Michael Cox, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Shortly afterwards, the Juve no.10 miscued on a cross from the lively Andrea Cambiaso, only for the Bianconeri to recreate the opportunity just minutes later through Conceicao and this time Yildiz would make no mistake.
—Adam Digby, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The Mets also saw a rare miscue from their bullpen.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
The Tigers capitalized on a handful of key miscues to make history with their first-ever victory over a No. 1 opponent
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—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
After the break, Raphinha lobbed against the crossbar and Robert Lewandowski miscued when presented with the game’s simplest chance (although a VAR review might have disallowed the goal for offside).
—Michael Cox, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Shortly afterwards, the Juve no.10 miscued on a cross from the lively Andrea Cambiaso, only for the Bianconeri to recreate the opportunity just minutes later through Conceicao and this time Yildiz would make no mistake.
—Adam Digby, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscue
Noun
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Lifton remembers telling others in the rare earths industry this would be a mistake.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
9 May 2025
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Honeywell has learned from its mistakes, delivering a sensible forecast during its April 29 quarterly earnings report.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
9 May 2025
Verb
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City started strongly, but fell behind after Kompany misjudged the bounce of a long ball, allowing Fabio Borini to finish confidently with the outside of his boot.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Witty admitted the company had misjudged the depth of the risk score problem.—
Seth Joseph,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Noun
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The show’s main blunder is that instead of unpacking the various angles of the mob bosses’ corruption, random side stories start popping up.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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But the internal investigation promised by department leaders — a probe of what accounted for the delays and blunders — seemed to go nowhere.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
Verb
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The appellate court ruled Selna miscalculated some of those losses at the original sentencing hearing.—
Lee Ross,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2025
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Thousands of orders that used to auto-flow directly to the warehouse floor for same-day shipping now often miscalculate tariff costs.—
Alina Selyukh,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Garcia, who denies gang membership, had an immigration court order protecting him from deportation, which the administration acknowledged was an administrative error.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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But turning on error correction restored some of the performance.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2025
Verb
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Mahdi’s legal team filed a complaint with the South Carolina Supreme Court on Thursday saying that the execution was botched.—
Viola Flowers,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
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Critics say Guarino botched data analysis in the O'Keefe case as well.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
Verb
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Further investigation showed that the department bungled follow-up care too, failing to investigate the sources of lead exposure for some children.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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The ensuing play again defensively broke down for the Giants when Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman bungled the ground ball off Dansby Swanson’s bat as Crow-Armstrong’s presence at third and deke home coincided with the mishandle.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2025
Verb
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An exhausted grad student may miscount the number of times two mice bump noses.—
Celia Ford,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Kennedy has downplayed the outbreak, even miscounting deaths, and has suggested remedies, such as vitamin A, to prevent measles that experts advise against.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Miscue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscue. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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