MISSTEP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unintentional but embarrassing blunder

Example:

confusion caused his unfortunate misstep

Synonyms:

misstep; stumble; trip; trip-up

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("misstep" is a kind of...):

bloomer; blooper; blunder; boner; boo-boo; botch; bungle; flub; foul-up; fuckup; pratfall (an embarrassing mistake)

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