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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How to use misstep in a sentence?

1. Alyssa Royse:

   I had a long relationship with upper leadership at HQ, i was really worried that they were making this colossal misstep not only in the arc of justice but in the health of the brand.

2. Chuck Hagel:

   But I think it's bigger than just a misstep. I think it's a failure of an obligation -- of a basic obligation of a commander in chief. He's commander in chief of our forces and not to go to a war zone where we have men and women dying, that's just wrong.

3. 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.

4. Henry Olsen:

   I think Biden's doing what he can, but these voters lean right on culture and immigration : He's leaning left on those issues and that holds him back, i don't think the modern Democratic Party, with its vocal cultural left, can win 40 % of non-college whites [ again ] absent a big GOP misstep.

5. Congressman Cramer:

   But what if 36 years of a record where there's nothing like that again -- but instead there's a record of a perfect gentleman, of an intellect, of a stellar judge, a guy who's been in front of what, he's had 300 cases in front of him and hasn't had a misstep.