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missteps

missteps is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 missteps

What is missteps the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Missteps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misstep.

Words near missteps in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: missteps (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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