as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
the slightest miscue could make the trapeze artist lose his grip and fall to the mat below
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Recent Examples of miscue
Kevin Dotson, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
But a few special teams miscues and a relentless fourth-quarter blitz by Kansas City were a major factor in Houston’s 23-14 loss.
—Zak Keefer, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
Kerr missed a chance to equalize again with a header in the 82nd and miscued another shot as Australia squandered three opportunities before Hemp set up Russo to finish off the scoring.
—John Pye, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
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Noun
After some miscues earlier in the game, Jackson was lights-out on the Ravens’ final drive.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
But a few special teams miscues and a relentless fourth-quarter blitz by Kansas City were a major factor in Houston’s 23-14 loss.
—Zak Keefer, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
The Sea Lions went 4-for-12 from 3-point range in the first half and shot one free throw (Barnes made it) while turning it over seven times, miscues the visitors turned into nine points.
—Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2024
Kerr missed a chance to equalize again with a header in the 82nd and miscued another shot as Australia squandered three opportunities before Hemp set up Russo to finish off the scoring.
—John Pye, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscue
Noun
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Expert instructors will teach you how to get started, practical uses, tips for effective prompt-writing, and mistakes to avoid.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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Don’t act too quickly though, because using your oven’s self-cleaning function could be a huge mistake.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Many other Pilates enthusiasts commented and shared how some can misjudge what the workout really is.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Even Dani has a crummy night-to-day at the office, spectacularly misjudging the mark in her attempt to seduce Wallace and ultimately getting her ass kicked by Helen.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Just like when Trump recently helped legitimize Maduro by sending White House special envoy Richard Grenell to meet with the Venezuelan dictator and pose in smiling pictures with him, Trump’s de facto abandonment of pro-democracy groups in the hemisphere is a major blunder.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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Foreign policy is hard, but this is just a very big early blunder.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The company and bankers dramatically miscalculated the market, overestimating the natural gas Trump bump.—
Lucinda Shen,
Axios,
24 Jan. 2025
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Benigno Alarcón, a professor of Politics at Caracas’s Andrés Bello Catholic University, says Maduro’s message might have been miscalculated.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The intended answer, 88 ounces, indicated that a programming or grading error had been made after the child had handed the paper over.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Maybe there are good reasons why Matty’s making so many unforced errors.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Las Vegas botched a snap and lost a fumble at the end of Week 13; The Chiefs’ Matthew Wright doinked a game-winning 31-yard field goal through the uprights in Week 14.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
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After botching a critical late-game layup look in a Game 6 second-round playoff series loss to the Atlanta Hawks, Simmons sat out the start of the subsequent 2021-22 season while demanding to be traded.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Two brothers who were convicted in the 1991 rape and murder of a tourist in Hawaii filed a federal lawsuit on Tuesday claiming that the police had framed them and then bungled an investigation that could have brought the true killer to justice.—
Simon J. Levien,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Michel has recently pursued his appeal process in part by arguing the incompetence of his trial attorney, who garnered headlines for bungling closing arguments through misuse of an artificial intelligence program.—
Gary Baum,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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However, paying through a QR code minimizes the risk of payment errors and prevents miscounting cash or theft.—
Nitin Gupta,
Forbes,
16 Oct. 2024
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An exhausted grad student may miscount the number of times two mice bump noses.—
Celia Ford,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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“Miscue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscue. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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