MISCUES Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

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

Special teams miscues and penalties once again hampered the Rams in a game that featured three touchdown passes by Matthew Stafford and a career-best 17 catches by Puka Nacua. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Several games came down to the wire, a few miscues led to losses and even ties and there were clutch moments that made Sunday exciting. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 The Barbs, who need to win out to get into playoffs, have kept games close for at least a half all season before being hurt by late turnovers and other miscues. — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Ruff was not happy with some of his team’s defensive miscues. — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 4 Oct. 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscues

Noun

Cases can be delayed with different tactics, including intimidation, corruption and procedural mistakes that can reduce charges or even lead to acquittals, said Carole Grace Mbarga, a Cameroonian rights activist.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Common kitchen layout mistakes can make your space dysfunctional and uninviting.

— Kristin Hohenadel, The Spruce, 14 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

Tellingly, the network seemed to know the difference in its official response, acknowledging that the original piece contained errors.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026
And his stellar defense led the way — 13 outfield assists and no errors in 1,106 innings.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of errors

Noun

Holding her tongue is not Kate’s forte in general, and the severity of Todd’s avalanche of blunders in their meeting with the British foreign secretary tests the outer limits of her ability.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
Nevertheless, Muse’s early days were filled with security and privacy blunders.

— Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 16 Oct. 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

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