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as in mistakes
a wrong judgment
another misstep like that, and the company could go belly-up
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as in blunders
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
a misstep that could lead to disaster
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Recent Examples of missteps
The report would also likely include recommendations to avoid similar missteps.
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Jim Defede, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Bailey has a wide-eyed clueless cuteness that lends to her character’s well-meaning naiveté — even her missteps have a way of working out.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
One of the most common missteps is keeping tasks too vague.
—Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 10 Apr. 2026
Still, the missteps at dinner make Hypsi difficult to recommend, at least for now.
—Restaurant Critic, Houston Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
See video … LISTEN Tune in for a practical look at modern etiquette, exploring how to handle everyday social missteps, navigate relationships, and workplace interactions with confidence.
—FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Its sale to American Exchange Group caps a stunning fall driven by over-expansion, fading hype, and strategic missteps that turned a DTC darling into a cautionary tale, Fortune’s Phil Wahba reports.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
How Positive Reinforcement Works Positive reinforcement is a type of positive discipline that aims to shape behavior by focusing on the good while reframing missteps as opportunities for learning.
—Amy Morin, Parents, 1 Apr. 2026
The rules are simple enough to follow, but the small and avoidable administrative missteps end up causing valuable time.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
Jim Defede, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
Bailey has a wide-eyed clueless cuteness that lends to her character’s well-meaning naiveté — even her missteps have a way of working out.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
One of the most common missteps is keeping tasks too vague.
—Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 10 Apr. 2026
Still, the missteps at dinner make Hypsi difficult to recommend, at least for now.
—Restaurant Critic, Houston Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
See video … LISTEN Tune in for a practical look at modern etiquette, exploring how to handle everyday social missteps, navigate relationships, and workplace interactions with confidence.
—FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Its sale to American Exchange Group caps a stunning fall driven by over-expansion, fading hype, and strategic missteps that turned a DTC darling into a cautionary tale, Fortune’s Phil Wahba reports.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
How Positive Reinforcement Works Positive reinforcement is a type of positive discipline that aims to shape behavior by focusing on the good while reframing missteps as opportunities for learning.
—Amy Morin, Parents, 1 Apr. 2026
The rules are simple enough to follow, but the small and avoidable administrative missteps end up causing valuable time.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for missteps
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Defensively, Lindor keeps making uncharacteristic mental mistakes, and the Mets don’t seem to have an answer for those either.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Ludvig Aberg swapped out some sloppy mistakes at the Masters with pure iron play at Harbour Town in warm, swirling wind that produced an 8-under 63 for a one-shot lead Thursday in the RBC Heritage.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Several real estate blunders exacerbated the situation.—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Orioles pitchers made two defensive blunders Saturday, and the absence of an ABS challenge cost Ryan Helsley in the ninth inning of a gutting loss.—
Jacob Calvin Meyer,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Arize tests and monitors RAG pipelines as well as the agents and applications built on them—debugging and hunting down errors and hallucinations.—
Erik German,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Marlins catcher Agustín Ramírez and first baseman Connor Norby made errors, raising Miami's NL-high total to 15 in 15 games.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Missteps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/missteps. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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