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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

실수

Pronunciation / Transliteration: silsu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Misstep/ˈmɪs.stɛp/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"이번 협상에서의 작은 실수가 큰 손실로 이어졌다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An inadvertent awkward step or stumble while walking or running.

    "A momentary misstep on the icy path nearly sent him tumbling down the hill."
  2. 2

    An error in judgment, a blunder, or a tactical mistake.

    "The company's latest marketing campaign was a critical misstep that alienated its core demographic."
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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verbal phrase 'to misstep', combining the Old English prefix 'mis-' (denoting wrong or wrongly) with 'step' (from Old English 'stæppan'). Historically established in the early modern English period as both a literal stumble and a metaphorical error in conduct or judgment.

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