miscue

noun

(in billiards and snooker) a shot in which the player fails to strike the ball properly with the cue.

1. (in snooker and other sports) fail to strike (the ball or a shot) properly.

   he miscued a simple penalty in the sixth minute

   he won the fourth frame on the pink when O'Sullivan miscued

1. an error in reading, especially one caused by failure to respond correctly to a phonetic or contextual cue in the text.

   miscue analysis is a way of listening to children read aloud for diagnostic purposes