Misstep
noun
A wrong or mistaken action, decision or judgement.
His decision to sell the company was a major misstep.
Often appears as...
- major misstep
- political misstep
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Disapproving
noun
A wrong step or stumble in walking or running.
I took a misstep and sprained my ankle.
Often appears as...
- take a misstep
- slip-up
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Neutral
noun
A wrong or mistaken action, decision or judgement.
His decision to sell the company was a major misstep.
Often appears as...
- major misstep
- political misstep
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Disapproving
noun
A wrong step or stumble in walking or running.
I took a misstep and sprained my ankle.
Often appears as...
- take a misstep
- slip-up
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Neutral
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Pro Tip 1/3Consequential Error
Use 'misstep' when an error has significant negative consequences or impacts.
Her misstep in the negotiations cost the company millions.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
Often used metaphorically to describe errors in judgment, strategy, or action in various contexts.
The manager's misstep in team selection led to the loss.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Carries a negative connotation, implying that the action was a clear departure from what was correct or ideal.
Admitting his misstep, the politician apologized for the oversight.
Pro Tip 1/3Consequential Error
Use 'misstep' when an error has significant negative consequences or impacts.
Her misstep in the negotiations cost the company millions.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
Often used metaphorically to describe errors in judgment, strategy, or action in various contexts.
The manager's misstep in team selection led to the loss.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Carries a negative connotation, implying that the action was a clear departure from what was correct or ideal.
Admitting his misstep, the politician apologized for the oversight.
Pro Tip 1/3Consequential Error
Use 'misstep' when an error has significant negative consequences or impacts.
Her misstep in the negotiations cost the company millions.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
Often used metaphorically to describe errors in judgment, strategy, or action in various contexts.
The manager's misstep in team selection led to the loss.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
Carries a negative connotation, implying that the action was a clear departure from what was correct or ideal.
Admitting his misstep, the politician apologized for the oversight.
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What the world can learn...
and if we walked through the time line, I think it would be pretty apparent the decisions that they made kept the coronavirus from really exploding across the entire country and really limited it to one province and mostly one city. But there were also many, many missteps, and those are things that I think the world can also learn from,
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What's hidden among the...
pulled himself up and scurried upwards. He was free climbing without ropes or a harness, one misstep meant death. But up he went, and when he reached the peak, he swayed and leapt across the gap of space onto a branch of the target tree and into a world never seen before. His buddy Marwood followed him up,
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The danger of AI is...
where you would expect to see trucks from behind. Trucks on the side is not supposed to happen on a highway, and so when the AI saw this truck, it looks like the AI recognized it as most likely to be a road sign and therefore, safe to drive underneath. Here's an AI misstep from a different field.
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3 steps to getting what...
Arguments like that show that you are ambitious, you know what you want, but you also care for others. So many of our negotiation missteps, they don't actually come from disagreements but misunderstanding the other person. So it's important to listen well, to ask why and why not?
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Our treatment of HIV has...
and I generally took precautions to minimize the risk that sex carries. Now, I say generally, because I wasn't always safe. It only takes a single misstep before we're flat on the ground, and my misstep is pretty obvious. I had unprotected sex, and I didn't think much of it.
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Linda Hill: How to...
usually among people who have different expertise and different points of view. Innovations rarely get created full-blown. As many of you know, they're the result, usually, of trial and error. Lots of false starts, missteps and mistakes.
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6 ways to improve your...
It's also important to know that your self-worth is not determined by your net worth. This is something that we can do better about. You celebrate your wins. And when you make that misstep, no judgment, no shame. Just get back at it.
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A Steam Pit Celebration...
are pretty worn but most importantly everything blow the ground levels red-hot under their mats putting the finishing touches on the perimeter kid he'll use the roasts his wild turkey but it's a delicate process any missteps
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The biggest mistakes in...
a correctly shaped portrayal of sub-Saharan Africa. Beginning in the 15th century, European cartographers began to expand the scope of their world maps as their explorers traveled the world— but not without missteps.
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Why city flags may be...
It's really awful. It's a misstep on the city's behalf, to say the least. But what puts the Milwaukee flag over the top, almost to the point of self-parody,
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What the world can learn...
and if we walked through the time line, I think it would be pretty apparent the decisions that they made kept the coronavirus from really exploding across the entire country and really limited it to one province and mostly one city. But there were also many, many missteps, and those are things that I think the world can also learn from,
Video examples
What's hidden among the...
pulled himself up and scurried upwards. He was free climbing without ropes or a harness, one misstep meant death. But up he went, and when he reached the peak, he swayed and leapt across the gap of space onto a branch of the target tree and into a world never seen before. His buddy Marwood followed him up,
Video examples
The danger of AI is...
where you would expect to see trucks from behind. Trucks on the side is not supposed to happen on a highway, and so when the AI saw this truck, it looks like the AI recognized it as most likely to be a road sign and therefore, safe to drive underneath. Here's an AI misstep from a different field.
Video examples
3 steps to getting what...
Arguments like that show that you are ambitious, you know what you want, but you also care for others. So many of our negotiation missteps, they don't actually come from disagreements but misunderstanding the other person. So it's important to listen well, to ask why and why not?
Video examples
Our treatment of HIV has...
and I generally took precautions to minimize the risk that sex carries. Now, I say generally, because I wasn't always safe. It only takes a single misstep before we're flat on the ground, and my misstep is pretty obvious. I had unprotected sex, and I didn't think much of it.
Video examples
Linda Hill: How to...
usually among people who have different expertise and different points of view. Innovations rarely get created full-blown. As many of you know, they're the result, usually, of trial and error. Lots of false starts, missteps and mistakes.
Video examples
6 ways to improve your...
It's also important to know that your self-worth is not determined by your net worth. This is something that we can do better about. You celebrate your wins. And when you make that misstep, no judgment, no shame. Just get back at it.
Video examples
A Steam Pit Celebration...
are pretty worn but most importantly everything blow the ground levels red-hot under their mats putting the finishing touches on the perimeter kid he'll use the roasts his wild turkey but it's a delicate process any missteps
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The biggest mistakes in...
a correctly shaped portrayal of sub-Saharan Africa. Beginning in the 15th century, European cartographers began to expand the scope of their world maps as their explorers traveled the world— but not without missteps.
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Why city flags may be...
It's really awful. It's a misstep on the city's behalf, to say the least. But what puts the Milwaukee flag over the top, almost to the point of self-parody,
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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
American Educator
To understand why dictators fall, it helps to recognise factors that produce a perfect anti-dictatorial storm. Barring missteps such as those that led to Gaddafi's undoing, a dictator's survival can be at risk because of newness in office, poor health, or old age combined with economic trouble.
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Dan Scanlon
American Artist
The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies.
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Tom Freston
American Businessman
A career path is rarely a path at all. A more interesting life is usual a more crooked, winding path of missteps, luck and vigorous work. It is almost always a clumsy balance between the things you try to make happen and the things that happen to you.
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Lee Isaac Chung
American Director
Insecurities and missteps can plague writers and artists who come from rural places. We worry that our provincial life experiences won't gain the approval of urban curators, so we assimilate ourselves to other, more sophisticated voices.
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Kerry Washington
American Actress
When I think about any of the missteps in my life that I've made, all of which I'm grateful for, it's because I just so wanted to be truly seen and heard for who I am and was afraid I wasn't or wouldn't be.
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John Updike
American Novelist
It is not an aesthetic misstep to make the viewer aware of the paint and the painter's hand. Such an empathetic awareness lies at the heart of aesthetic appreciation.
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Aaron Rodgers
American Athlete
It takes a career, a lifetime, to build up a reputation, and only one misstep for it all to crumble away.
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Susan L. Taylor
American Editor
Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement.
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Chad Gilbert
American Musician
Failure and missteps help refine your character and make you wiser.
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Victor J. Glover
By magnifying and analyzing your missteps, you learn faster.
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Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
American Educator
To understand why dictators fall, it helps to recognise factors that produce a perfect anti-dictatorial storm. Barring missteps such as those that led to Gaddafi's undoing, a dictator's survival can be at risk because of newness in office, poor health, or old age combined with economic trouble.
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Dan Scanlon
American Artist
The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies.
Quote examples
Tom Freston
American Businessman
A career path is rarely a path at all. A more interesting life is usual a more crooked, winding path of missteps, luck and vigorous work. It is almost always a clumsy balance between the things you try to make happen and the things that happen to you.
Quote examples
Lee Isaac Chung
American Director
Insecurities and missteps can plague writers and artists who come from rural places. We worry that our provincial life experiences won't gain the approval of urban curators, so we assimilate ourselves to other, more sophisticated voices.
Quote examples
Kerry Washington
American Actress
When I think about any of the missteps in my life that I've made, all of which I'm grateful for, it's because I just so wanted to be truly seen and heard for who I am and was afraid I wasn't or wouldn't be.
Quote examples
John Updike
American Novelist
It is not an aesthetic misstep to make the viewer aware of the paint and the painter's hand. Such an empathetic awareness lies at the heart of aesthetic appreciation.
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Aaron Rodgers
American Athlete
It takes a career, a lifetime, to build up a reputation, and only one misstep for it all to crumble away.
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Susan L. Taylor
American Editor
Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement.
Quote examples
Chad Gilbert
American Musician
Failure and missteps help refine your character and make you wiser.
Quote examples
Victor J. Glover
By magnifying and analyzing your missteps, you learn faster.
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