Foolish for himself, foolish for his party, foolish for the country". Although it has yet to be seen whether his initiatives with Nicaraguan leaders will be recorded as a triumph or a blunder, Democrats are concerned that Wright's tendency to move ahead on only his own instincts will inevitably lead to a serious misstep.
Bloom doesn't always flatter Lillian, but she's always in awe of her — and this leads to a few missteps.
In field hockey, Perrelle was in the center of the defense's back line, where one misstep or mental error can lead to a costly goal.
Analysts expect South Korea to proceed with caution in resuming the imports because any misstep by President Lee Myung-bak could lead to a sharp backlash and further delay his pro-business economic reforms.
House Republican leaders were carefully plotting strategy on the amendment, hoping to avoid missteps that could lead to an embarrassing defeat if the proposal, which requires a two-thirds majority for approval, were to reach the floor.
Too often mistakes, missteps and misjudgment lead to an outcome of secrets and shame.
Political miscalculations, false assumptions and what one called "an abundance of wishful thinking" led to a string of missteps, some administration officials say.
Handing full control to branches would lead to more missteps in a deregulated market.
In general, people can be very bad at recognizing the emotions of themselves and others, which in turn leads to a lot of misunderstandings and missteps.
And as he did so, he came away with a new deal for basing US forces there 22 years after a series of missteps led to a US pull-out from the island archipelago (and in Subic Bay one of the biggest naval bases in the world) that had been closely affiliated with America since the Spanish-American War of 1898.
No one who judges her, she said in a text message, has "any inkling of the level of loneliness which would lead" to her missteps.
