Definition of "misstep" []

• A misplaced or awkward step. (noun)
• An instance of wrong or improper conduct; a blunder. (noun)
• To make a mistake. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I'd say the biggest misstep is Virginia elected Bob McDonnell governor ...."
• "For Joe Six-Pack America, such a misstep is no big deal."
• "When they step into the bell jar of their hotel room Edward and Florence leave all extraneous influences outside, allowing us to microscopically examine the motivations and miscommunications of these two well meaning young people in a controlled atmosphere, in which every misstep is theirs alone and their future happiness might turn on something as spontaneous and irretrievable as a single gesture."