misstep

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noun

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
• Derivationally related forms:
stumble (for: stumble), trip up (for: trip-up)
• Hypernyms:
blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall,
foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo