Synonyms for misstep
mɪsˈstɛpmis·step

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1. trip, trip-up, stumble, misstepnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   tripper, lurch, stumble, slip, trip-up, trip, stagger, head trip

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1. misstepnoun

   Synonyms:
   wrong step, false step

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1. misstepnoun

   Synonyms:
   faux pas

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1. Homeland Security Committee:

   Hampered by misstep after misstep, Kirstjen Nielsen's tenure at the Department of Homeland Security was a disaster from the start. It is clearer now than ever that the Trump Administration's border security and immigration policies - that she enacted and helped craft - have been an abysmal failure and have helped create the humanitarian crisis at the border.

2. Chairman Cho:

   As chairman of Korean Air as well as a father, I am terribly sorry for my daughter's misstep. Everything is my responsibility and fault.

3. Al Bernstein:

   Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.

4. David Westin:

   The real difficulty for a news organization, or a reporter, is that once you've made one misstep, it's really hard to earn (trust) back, you can. But it takes a lot of time.

5. Shana Verstegen:

   You need every single muscle in your body ... if you get tired your technique goes out the door, one little misstep and its over.