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misstepping

misstepping is the present participle and gerund 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.

See all 4 meanings of misstep

Noun

misstepping (plural missteppings)

  1. A misstep or mistake.

Forms of misstepping

pluralmissteppings

Questions about misstepping

What does misstepping mean?
Misstepping means a misstep or mistake.
What is misstepping the present participle and gerund of?
Misstepping is the present participle and gerund of misstep.
What part of speech is misstepping?
Misstepping is a noun.
What is the plural of misstepping?
The plural of misstepping is missteppings.

Words near misstepping in the dictionary

  1. missteers
  2. misstep
  3. misstepped
  4. misstepper
  5. missteppers
  6. misstepping
  7. missteppings
  8. missteps
  9. misstitch
  10. misstitched
  11. misstitches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misstepping (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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