miscue (n.)

  1. a faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball

  2. a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

    [ Syn: slip , slip-up , parapraxis ]

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