miscues 1 of 2

noun

plural of miscue
as in mistakes
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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miscues

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verb

present tense third-person singular of miscue
as in misjudges

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Recent Examples of miscues
Noun
Coach Sean McVay complimented Ferguson for responding positively after his miscues. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 The Horned Frogs were plagued by first-half miscues in the secondary against North Carolina and Grambling State, but mostly avoided those issues in Saturday’s 31-7 win over Arkansas State. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026 The Texans had some miscues in the first half that put them in bad spots. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 The miscues and lack of execution affected all phases of the game during their 6-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026 Their high-scoring night also came despite offensive miscues like a couple of rare bad snaps from All-Pro center Creed Humphrey or miscommunications here and there from Mahomes and his receivers. — Mike Jones, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Another strong start from newcomer Tyler Mahle and some Brewers miscues helped the Braves, who had lost seven of nine, win 4-2 on Sunday at Bowman Field in the MLB Little League Classic. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Bishop Moore was not immune to miscues, finishing the game with nine penalties for 80 yards. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscues
  1. mistakes
  2. misjudges
  3. errors
  4. murders
  5. blunders
  6. bungles
  7. botches
Noun
  • Signs Your Business Has Outgrown Its Systems Owners often start to recognize their systems have become outdated when processes become difficult and mistakes happen more frequently.
    — Nellie Akalp, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Bank of America’s chief technology and information officer said one of the most common AI mistakes is reaching for it first.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of mistakes
Verb
  • Helmut Haller, West Germany vs England, 1966 Ray Wilson misjudges his headed clearance, Haller gathers it on the edge of the box and, just before Bobby Moore can close him down, slaps a right-footed shot into the far corner.
    — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • Too often, philanthropy misjudges where the real risk lies.
    — Abigail Disney, Time, 16 Apr. 2026
Definition of misjudges
Noun
  • Georgia needed only 24 offensive plays to storm out to a 28-0 halftime lead as its defense forced and feasted on Oklahoma errors.
    — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026
  • However, doing so degrades the signal and leads to data-reading errors.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of errors
Verb
  • By definition, a serial killer is someone who murders two or more people during separate events, with gaps of time in between.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • To get even with Kanan, Juke murders Raq, her surrogate mother.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of murders
Noun
  • However, due to the financial blunders of our prior ADs with Locks’ contract, getting rid of him has been almost impossible.
    — Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 1 Oct. 2026
  • José Caballero, who had a solo homer and an RBI single, and Ben Rice, who blooped a go-ahead, two-run single, also helped the Yankees overcome a few defensive blunders.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of blunders
Verb
  • Joe Burrow bungles Bengals’ passing game My theory of the case with Caleb Williams is that there was untapped running value here.
    — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Gentleman thief Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven) circles the prize while Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) bungles the pursuit with sublime obliviousness.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
Definition of bungles
Verb
  • In clinical environments bound by federal regulations and ethics guidelines, an LLM that hallucinates an endpoint or botches eligibility criteria does not just cause a minor hiccup.
    — Anshima Raj, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Then the candidate, unfamiliar with some far-away region of the world, botches it.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of botches

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“Miscues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscues. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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