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as in mistake
a wrong judgment
another misstep like that, and the company could go belly-up
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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
Every misstep the Sky make is a direct reflection of the ineptitude of the team’s ownership and management at the highest level — specifically, Alter and operating chair Nadia Rawlinson.
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
The Yankees cut the deficit on Giancarlo Stanton's RBI single past shortstop Jacob Wilson, who took a misstep to his left.
—CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Across a two-hour practice featuring dozens upon dozens of plays, even the best players suffer a misstep, a mental lapse or let off the gas for a moment.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
And that’s after a bad misstep back, allowing 53 first-quarter points to the Celtics in the 147-129 loss that represented the second-highest opponent total in the Heat’s 38 seasons.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
The Yankees cut the deficit on Giancarlo Stanton's RBI single past shortstop Jacob Wilson, who took a misstep to his left.
—CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Across a two-hour practice featuring dozens upon dozens of plays, even the best players suffer a misstep, a mental lapse or let off the gas for a moment.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
And that’s after a bad misstep back, allowing 53 first-quarter points to the Celtics in the 147-129 loss that represented the second-highest opponent total in the Heat’s 38 seasons.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for misstep
Noun
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And it's allowed for a lot of mistakes.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
11 Apr. 2026
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In some cases, that décor mistake can inadvertently make a space feel cluttered.—
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
11 Apr. 2026
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Tunsil plummeted out of the top ten, falling all the way to the 13th pick, where the Miami Dolphins were the beneficiaries of his blunder.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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That such a blunder might be shrugged off and even celebrated, rather than shamefully shunted away, struck Schuch as a very American notion.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Following a throwing error that allowed Trevor Story to reach with two outs, Marcelo Mayer drove an RBI double the opposite way off the Green Monster to give the Red Sox their first lead of the series.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The surplus turned out to be a mirage, based on a $165 billion error in revenue estimates over four years.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Misstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misstep. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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