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Definition of Misstepping
1. misstep [v] - See also: misstep
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misstepping
Literary usage of Misstepping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by National Safety Council, Association of Iron and Steel Engineers (1919)
"... 7 employees sustained sprained ankles, slipping and misstepping, 7 employees
sustained cuts on hands, and the balance were minor injuries. ..."
2. A Journal of the Proceedings in Georgia, Beginning October 20, 1737: By by William Stephens (1906)
"... order to take in her Loading, People went in and out, on a Couple of Planks
laid for that Purpose; and this poor Boy misstepping, fell in, and was lost. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"A mistake in conduct; an incautious or erroneous act. misstep (mis-step'), vi;
prêt, and pp. misstep- pcd, ppr. misstepping. ..."
4. Journal of the Life, Labours, and Travels of Thomas Shillitoe, in the by Thomas Shillitoe (1839)
"After the many plungings I had to pass through, by night and by day, for this
misstepping, my Divine Master, who knew the sincerity of my heart, ..."
5. Tempest-tossed: A Romance by Theodore Tilton (1883)
"I would rather that our old ship had never brought us to the shore than that
Barbara, in her first misstepping on the land, should stumble into a false ..."
6. Equal Pay for Equal Work: The Story of the Struggle for Justice Being Made by Grace Charlotte Strachan (1910)
"Mr. D 's record on commissions had been traced back for years and he had been
misstepping during that time. Every one knows that appointments on commissions ..."
7. The Lutheran Movement of the Sixteenth Century: An Interpretation by David Henry Bauslin (1919)
"... "Robert Brown to misstepping up our usual way on going the perambulation of
our parish"; "Thomas Giles for not sending his servant to be catechized. ..."
8. The Pass by Stewart Edward White (1906)
"A misstep would have tragic consequences, but there existed no real excuse for
a mountain pony's misstepping. At the log he hesitated a little; ..."
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