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misstepped

misstepped is the simple past and past participle of misstep.

Meaning of misstep

Verb

misstep (third-person singular simple present missteps, present participle misstepping, simple past and past participle misstepped)

  1. (intransitive) To step badly or incorrectly.
    • My dance partner misstepped and landed on my toe.
  2. (intransitive) To make an error or mistake.
    • I don't want to misstep by offending them.

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Questions about misstepped

What is misstepped the simple past and past participle of?
Misstepped is the simple past and past participle of misstep.

Words near misstepped in the dictionary

  1. missteer
  2. missteered
  3. missteering
  4. missteers
  5. misstep
  6. misstepped
  7. misstepper
  8. missteppers
  9. misstepping
  10. missteppings
  11. missteps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misstepped (page history and authors); misstep (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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