1
as in mistake
a wrong judgment
another misstep like that, and the company could go belly-up
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2
as in blunder
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
a misstep that could lead to disaster
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Recent Examples of misstep
One misstep can make an aggressive play into a game-breaking one.
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Here’s my column on more Dolphins personnel missteps coming to light on Sunday.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
The Legion Go 2 is a premium machine that improves on some of the Legion Go’s missteps while owning others of them to greater effect here.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025
Social media also amplifies the risk of a misstep.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
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Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Here’s my column on more Dolphins personnel missteps coming to light on Sunday.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
The Legion Go 2 is a premium machine that improves on some of the Legion Go’s missteps while owning others of them to greater effect here.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025
Social media also amplifies the risk of a misstep.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misstep
Noun
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The 49ers also made a big mistake in fielding just 10 players on the very play on which Warner was injured.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2025
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Conservative activists have spent the past forty-six years arguing that this was a terrible mistake.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Despite that big blunder, McMillan bounced back with his first career touchdown on the next series.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025
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Against Brent Venables’ otherwise elite defense, Arch Manning had a nicely tidy day, completing 21 of 27 passes with no major blunders and 200 total yards.—
Sam Settleman,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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There aren’t any obvious errors that can be laid at Darlow’s door over the past four matches.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Sponsors assume no responsibility for any error, omissions, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation with transmission, communications, line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or allegation of submissions.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Misstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misstep. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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