Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To step badly or incorrectly.

    My dance partner misstepped and landed on my toe.

    einen Fehltritt machen

  2. (intransitive)To make an error or mistake.

    I don't want to misstep by offending them.

    einen Fehltritt machen

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Learning is a result of our missteps.

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  2. The tabloids love to slag off celebrities for the slightest misstep, often blowing things out of proportion.

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  3. Each misstep has shaped who I'm today.

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  4. As the employee came down from looking at the top shelf, he misstepped, fell, and fractured his left ankle.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to step badly or incorrectly:

Forms

missteps, misstepping, misstepped, misstepped
Base formmisstep · to misstep
3rd person singularmissteps
Present participlemisstepping
Past simplemisstepped
Past participlemisstepped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymisstep
he, she, itmissteps

Past simpleLesson

all personsmisstepped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave misstepped
he, she, ithas misstepped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill misstep

Word family

1 related words
RelatedoverstepB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
missivemisspeakmisspellmisspellingmistB2mistakeA2
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