miscuing

present participle of miscue

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscuing
Verb
  • Rather than collisions caused by surrounding traffic, these incidents involved the vehicle misjudging objects directly in its path.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
  • Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar hit the barriers after misjudging a chicane.
    Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 3 May 2026
Verb
  • The catered lunch and the free wellbeing app are not the problem; mistaking them for the work being worth doing is.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The cultural mistake is mistaking exposure and awareness for outcome.
    Daren Smith, IndieWire, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, who polled at 5% in the CBS survey, accused Becerra of bungling the federal government’s response to COVID-19, mpox and the influx in child migrants under former President Joe Biden.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • And Kash Patel's FBI seems to be bungling the investigation at every step.
    K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Atlanta was out-everythinged in an 83-71 loss to the Indiana Fever on Thursday, botching a chance at a statement game.
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • He was taken into custody at the scene, after botching several sobriety tests, body-cam footage shows.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • It’s been over three decades since Wood was convicted of murdering six young women and girls and burying their bodies near El Paso – crimes for which he was nicknamed the Desert Killer.
    Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 1 July 2026
  • Ciarre Campbell, brother of veteran NFL lineman Calais Campbell, has been charged with murdering their 71-year-old mother, Nateal, inside her Atlanta home.
    Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
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“Miscuing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscuing. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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