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misstep

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mis=step

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun misstep has 1 sense

misstep(n = noun.act) stumble, trip, trip-up - an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"

is a kind of bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall

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CIDE DICTIONARY

misstep, n.

A wrong step; an error of conduct. [1913 Webster]

misstep, v. i.

To take a wrong step; to go astray. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

misstep, n.
1 a wrong step or action.
2 a faux pas.

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THESAURUS

misstep

balk, bevue, bloomer, blooper, blunder, error, false move, false step, faux pas, gaffe, goof, howler, inadvertence, inadvertency, indiscretion, lapse, lapsus calami, lapsus linguae, loose thread, miscue, mistake, omission, oversight, slip, slipup, stumble, trip, wrong step

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