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mis-steps
noun as in misstep
noun as in mistake
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in slip
Strong matches
noun as in slipup
noun as in trip
Weak matches
noun as in undoing
Strongest matches
Strong matches
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- bane
- blight
- blow
- blunder
- calamity
- casualty
- catastrophe
- collapse
- curse
- defeat
- destroyer
- difficulty
- disgrace
- doom
- error
- failure
- fault
- flaw
- fumble
- grief
- humiliation
- misadventure
- mischance
- mishap
- misstep
- omission
- overthrow
- overturn
- reversal
- reverse
- ruin
- ruination
- shame
- slip
- smash
- stumble
- subversion
- trial
- trip
- trouble
- visitation
- weakness
- wreck
Weak matches
noun as in Freudian slip
noun as in boner
noun as in venial sin
noun as in insolvency
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in nonfeasance
Strong matches
- abortion
- bankruptcy
- bomb
- botch
- breakdown
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- default
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- delinquency
- dereliction
- deterioration
- downfall
- failing
- fiasco
- flop
- frustration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- neglect
- nonperformance
- omission
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- stalemate
- stoppage
- turkey
- washout
- wreck
noun as in unsuccess
Weak matches
- abortion
- bankruptcy
- bomb
- botch
- breakdown
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- deterioration
- downfall
- failing
- false step
- faux pas
- fiasco
- flash in the pan
- flop
- frustration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- lead balloon
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- nonperformance
- nonsuccess
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- sinking ship
- stalemate
- stoppage
- total loss
- turkey
- unsuccessfulness
- washout
- wreck
noun as in unsuccessfulness
Weak matches
- abortion
- bankruptcy
- bomb
- botch
- breakdown
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- deterioration
- downfall
- failing
- false step
- faux pas
- fiasco
- flash in the pan
- flop
- frustration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- lead balloon
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- nonperformance
- nonsuccess
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- sinking ship
- stalemate
- stoppage
- total loss
- turkey
- unsuccess
- washout
- wreck
noun as in error
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in failure
Strong matches
noun as in faux pas
noun as in guilt
Strong matches
Weak matches
verb as in trip
verb as in make a mistake
noun as in misstep
noun as in mistake
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in slip
Strong matches
noun as in slipup
noun as in trip
Weak matches
noun as in undoing
Strongest matches
Strong matches
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- bane
- blight
- blow
- blunder
- calamity
- casualty
- catastrophe
- collapse
- curse
- defeat
- destroyer
- difficulty
- disgrace
- doom
- error
- failure
- fault
- flaw
- fumble
- grief
- humiliation
- misadventure
- mischance
- mishap
- misstep
- omission
- overthrow
- overturn
- reversal
- reverse
- ruin
- ruination
- shame
- slip
- smash
- stumble
- subversion
- trial
- trip
- trouble
- visitation
- weakness
- wreck
Weak matches
noun as in Freudian slip
noun as in boner
noun as in venial sin
noun as in insolvency
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in nonfeasance
Strong matches
- abortion
- bankruptcy
- bomb
- botch
- breakdown
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- default
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- delinquency
- dereliction
- deterioration
- downfall
- failing
- fiasco
- flop
- frustration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- neglect
- nonperformance
- omission
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- stalemate
- stoppage
- turkey
- washout
- wreck
noun as in unsuccess
Weak matches
- abortion
- bankruptcy
- bomb
- botch
- breakdown
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- deterioration
- downfall
- failing
- false step
- faux pas
- fiasco
- flash in the pan
- flop
- frustration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- lead balloon
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- nonperformance
- nonsuccess
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- sinking ship
- stalemate
- stoppage
- total loss
- turkey
- unsuccessfulness
- washout
- wreck
noun as in unsuccessfulness
Weak matches
- abortion
- bankruptcy
- bomb
- botch
- breakdown
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- deterioration
- downfall
- failing
- false step
- faux pas
- fiasco
- flash in the pan
- flop
- frustration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- lead balloon
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- nonperformance
- nonsuccess
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- sinking ship
- stalemate
- stoppage
- total loss
- turkey
- unsuccess
- washout
- wreck
noun as in error
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in failure
Strong matches
noun as in faux pas
noun as in guilt
Strong matches
Weak matches
verb as in trip
verb as in make a mistake
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We must take into consideration the fact that the young man in question probably has made several of these mis-steps.
But Thornton's next few years proved to be a succession of mis-steps with the inevitable results.
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On this page you'll find 779 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mis-steps, such as: blunder, error, failure, gaffe, indiscretion, and lapse.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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