as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
the slightest miscue could make the trapeze artist lose his grip and fall to the mat below
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Recent Examples of miscue
Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Special teams miscues were particularly prominent in the first half of the season, including in narrow Week 2 and 3 losses to the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams.
—Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
Kerr missed a chance to equalize again with a header in the 82nd and miscued another shot as Australia squandered three opportunities before Hemp set up Russo to finish off the scoring.
—John Pye, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
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Noun
What's more, his shuffling gait and verbal miscues had raised questions about his fitness for office.
—Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Special teams miscues were particularly prominent in the first half of the season, including in narrow Week 2 and 3 losses to the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams.
—Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
The Sea Lions went 4-for-12 from 3-point range in the first half and shot one free throw (Barnes made it) while turning it over seven times, miscues the visitors turned into nine points.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
Kerr missed a chance to equalize again with a header in the 82nd and miscued another shot as Australia squandered three opportunities before Hemp set up Russo to finish off the scoring.
—John Pye, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscue
Noun
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Here are five wellness mistakes companies must unlearn to build a stronger workforce in 2025.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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That portrays the Court as an institution that has made historic mistakes on citizenship and need not be trusted as the sole authority on the meaning of the Constitution.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Headline fretters have misjudged ADI’s tariff risks.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Angelica is interesting because the sisters really misjudge her.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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The blunders were addressed afterward by Rob McIntosh, the chief people officer of Stripe, in a memo to employees shared with CNN.—
John Towfighi,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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But after a record scratch blunder, they are suddenly canceled, pushed out and replaced by the agency’s rising Gen Z employees led by social media manager, Kriska Thompson (Shamoun).—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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And if Tehran is serious, its leaders may be gravely miscalculating.—
Suzanne Maloney,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Dec. 2024
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Too often, a high-risk plan has been miscalculated, and opponents have punished Postecoglou's men.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The German hit 12 unforced errors in the set as too many of his forehands skewed off his racket at the wrong angle and out of the court.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Keys broke three times in the first set, helped in part by Sabalenka’s four double-faults and 13 total unforced errors.—
Howard Fendrich,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The theft echoes another heist in the Netherlands last November—this one botched—in which criminals blew off the doors of Oisterwijk’s MPV Gallery, making off with two Andy Warhol prints and leaving two more behind, damaged, in their haste.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
28 Jan. 2025
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The Celtics still needed to save themselves in overtime after botching the final minute of regulation.—
Jay King,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Michel has recently pursued his appeal process in part by arguing the incompetence of his trial attorney, who garnered headlines for bungling closing arguments through misuse of an artificial intelligence program.—
Gary Baum,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan. 2025
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In a bizarre episode in 1999, for instance, Mr. Simitis was accused by critics of bungling an attempt to shield Abdullah Ocalan, a fugitive rebel leader of Turkey’s Kurds, who was seized by Turkish security forces in Nairobi, Kenya.—
Alan Cowell,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2025
Verb
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However, paying through a QR code minimizes the risk of payment errors and prevents miscounting cash or theft.—
Nitin Gupta,
Forbes,
16 Oct. 2024
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An exhausted grad student may miscount the number of times two mice bump noses.—
Celia Ford,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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“Miscue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscue. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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