Misstep — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mɪsstˈɛp/

🇬🇧British English

/mɪsstˈɛp/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mɪsstˈɛp/

2 syllables Say it as /mɪsstˈɛp/.

Examples

he recited the whole poem without a single trip
he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later
confusion caused his unfortunate misstep

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

trip trip-up stumble

Parts of Speech

noun	an unintentional but embarrassing blunder “he recited the whole poem without a single trip”

Word Forms

trip up	verb	detect a blunder or misstep
stumble	verb	make an error

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Fehltritt

ein unbeabsichtigter, aber peinlicher Fehler

🇫🇷French

faux pas

une erreur involontaire mais embarrassante

🇪🇸Spanish

paso en falso

un error involuntario pero vergonzoso

🇮🇹Italian

passo falso

un errore involontario ma imbarazzante

🇳🇱Dutch

misstap

een onbedoelde maar gênante blunder

🇵🇹Portuguese

passo em falso

um erro não intencional, mas embaraçoso

🇷🇺Russian

оплошность

непреднамеренная, но досадная ошибка

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गलत कदम

एक अनजाने लेकिन शर्मनाक भूल

🇧🇩Bengali

ভুল পদক্ষেপ

একটি অনিচ্ছাকৃত কিন্তু বিব্রতকর ভুল

🇮🇳Tamil

தவறான படி

ஒரு தற்செயலான ஆனால் சங்கடமான தவறு

🇮🇳Telugu

తప్పుడు అడుగు

ఒక అనుకోకుండా కానీ ఇబ్బందికరమైన తప్పు

🇮🇳Marathi

चूक

एक नकळत पण लाजिरवाणी चूक

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભૂલ

એક અજાણતા પરંતુ શરમજનક ભૂલ

🇮🇳Kannada

ತಪ್ಪು ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ

ಉದ್ದೇಶಪೂರ್ವಕವಲ್ಲದ ಆದರೆ ಮುಜುಗರದ ಪ್ರಮಾದ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തെറ്റായ നടപടി

മനഃപൂർവമല്ലാത്തതും എന്നാൽ ലജ്ജാകരമായതുമായ ഒരു തെറ്റ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗਲਤ ਕਦਮ

ਇੱਕ ਅਣਜਾਣ ਪਰ ਸ਼ਰਮਨਾਕ ਗਲਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

غلطی

ایک غیر ارادی لیکن شرمناک غلطی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

失误

无意但令人尴尬的错误

🇯🇵Japanese

間違い

意図的ではないが恥ずかしい失敗

🇰🇷Korean

실수

의도치 않았지만 부끄러운 실수

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bước nhầm

một sai lầm vô ý nhưng đáng xấu hổ

🇹🇭Thai

ความผิดพลาด

ความผิดพลาดที่ไม่ได้ตั้งใจแต่ก็น่าอาย

🇮🇩Indonesian

kesalahan

kesalahan yang tidak disengaja namun memalukan

🇵🇭Filipino

maling hakbang

isang hindi sinasadya ngunit nakakahiyang pagkakamali

🇲🇾Malay

silap langkah

kesilapan yang tidak disengajakan tetapi memalukan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خطأ

خطأ غير مقصود ولكنه محرج

🇮🇷Persian

گام اشتباه

یک اشتباه ناخواسته اما شرم آور

🇹🇷Turkish

yanlış adım

kasıtsız ama utanç verici bir hata

🇮🇱Hebrew

צעד מוטעה

טעות לא מכוונת אך מביכה

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