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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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" [syn: trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1788 1. a mistake in judgment or action ; blunder 2. a wrong step

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a wrong step or action. 2 a faux pas.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Misstep Mis*step", n. A wrong step; an error of conduct.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Misstep Mis*step", v. i. To take a wrong step; to go astray.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Wrong step, false step.

Moby Thesaurus

balk, bevue, bloomer, blooper, blunder, error, false move, false step, faux pas, gaffe, goof, howler, inadvertence, inadvertency, indiscretion, lapse, lapsus calami, lapsus linguae, loose thread, miscue, mistake, omission, oversight, slip, slipup, stumble, trip, wrong step