misstep
Example Sentences
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Rather than exploring something new, Mr. Styles seems to be optimizing his music to avoid missteps.
When a company’s market value declines relative to peers—often due to weak earnings, strategic missteps, or sector headwinds—it becomes a candidate for removal during periodic reviews.
From Barron's
The company has been trying to come from years of missteps and sales declines, such as by repositioning some departments in its stores and restoring previously scaled-back categories.
It added that the cruise operator’s earnings call “reinforced a troubling pattern of execution lapses and strategic missteps.”
From Barron's
The company reported lower profit and said that prior missteps, including the mistiming of its increase in Caribbean capacity, would hurt its 2026 performance.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
