misstep

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
misstep
    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}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Misstep \Mis*step"\, n.
   A wrong step; an error of conduct.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Misstep \Mis*step"\, v. i.
   To take a wrong step; to go astray.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "misstep":
      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
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