Usually means: Error in judgment or action.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word Misstep:

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  1. misstep: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. misstep: Merriam-Webster
  3. misstep: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. misstep: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. misstep: Collins English Dictionary
  6. misstep: Vocabulary.com
  7. Misstep, misstep: Wordnik
  8. misstep: Wiktionary
  9. misstep: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. misstep: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. misstep: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Misstep, misstep: Dictionary.com
  13. Misstep: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. misstep: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. misstep: Rhymezone
  16. Misstep: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. misstep: FreeDictionary.org
  18. misstep: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. misstep: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. misstep: Legal dictionary

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  1. misstep: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (misstep)

▸ noun:  A step that is wrong, a false step.
▸ noun:  (figurative) An error or mistake.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To step badly or incorrectly.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To make an error or mistake.

Similar:
stumble, trip, mis-step, false step, mistreading, false move, mismove, misfact, slip-up, misgrab, more...

Opposite:
correct step, right step, accurate step, proper step

Types:
error, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, slip-up, more...

Phrases:
moral misstep, a misstep, misstep mistake, more...

Adjectives:
single, slightest, first, fatal, serious, little, major, small, political, occasional, only

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Similar:
stumble, trip, mis-step, false step, mistreading, false move, mismove, misfact, slip-up, misgrab, more...

Opposite:
correct step, right step, accurate step, proper step

Types:
error, blunder, faux pas, gaffe, slip-up, more...

Phrases:
moral misstep, a misstep, misstep mistake, more...

Adjectives:
single, slightest, first, fatal, serious, little, major, small, political, occasional, only

Colors:
    gray,     black,     dark red,     maroon,     burgundy, more...



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