miscue

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His lone miscue, a three-run shot to Jason Patton, proved the difference.

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  1. noun Games A stroke in billiards that misses or just brushes the ball because of a slip of the cue.
  2. noun A mistake.
  3. intransitive verb To make a miscue.

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  • This was nevertheless a miscue, after the scene with Chameleon. —  The Source of Magic
  • It didn't take McCoy long to atone for the miscue. —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • Burrows was serving an interference penalty on Ryan's goal, but made up for his miscue by setting up Henrik Sedin's goal at 15: 29. —  SLAM! Sports
  • Thanks to McCain's miscue, everything the press touches about Palin turns into a scoop: her earmark flip-flops, her political inexperience, her Alaska Independence Party connection, her views on teaching "creationism," her book-banning phase, plus the "troopergate" scandal, her husband's ancient DUI, and her pregnant teenage daughter. —  War and Piece
  • There was one major miscue, when Spears didn't join two backup singers for a rendition of Duffy's "I'm Scared" - apparently because the lyric sheet went missing onstage. —  Top Stories - Google News
 

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/mɪsˈkju/
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