Examples of 'pitfall' in a sentence

Meaning of "pitfall"

Pitfall (noun): A pitfall is a hidden or unsuspected danger or difficulty, a potential problem or hazard that may not be immediately obvious
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  • A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.
  • A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from.
  • An antipattern.
  • Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop.

How to use "pitfall" in a sentence

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He was found in a pitfall by the farm this morning.
You always fall down in the pitfall.
The third pitfall concerns legal matters.
This time we neatly avoided this pitfall.
Another pitfall was the audience they were targeting.
Foot odor is a common pitfall of wearing sandals.
Another pitfall of depression is feeling completely alone.
Every element is a potential pitfall for me today.
The final pitfall is more of a moral objection.
Web design and the deco pitfall.
Overplanning is a pitfall that so many people make.
A popular success that is also a financial pitfall.
Maybe there is a pitfall waiting for you.
New players face a dangerous learning pitfall.
The biggest pitfall is the commitment of volunteers.

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The problem is that nearly everything is a pitfall.
Avoid this pitfall by being the ghost of someone.
There is also one other pitfall to fasting.
This is a pitfall that all leaders face.
They have intentionally avoided this pitfall.
Getting drunk with pitfall and with gin.
The pitfall is ignoring the cost of software design.
Animals that enter a pitfall trap are unable to escape.
Pitfall traps come in a variety of sizes and designs.
Yet still the pitfall claimed its victim.
Pitfall trapping is an easily learned technique.
He viewed such a concern as a pitfall to be avoided at all costs.
A common pitfall is to focus too heavily on technical minutia.
Meager finances are a major pitfall of marrying too early.
Another pitfall of forecasting is underestimating the impact of technology.
He did not know about the pitfall.
The pitfall lies in the approach.
I have got mad pitfall skills.
Another pitfall of credit cards is fraud.
This is now generally seen as a pitfall.
Avoid the pitfall of playing superhero.
He therefore gave orders to prepare a pitfall to trap him.
This is a pitfall which should be avoided at all times.
Texting people of the opposite sex is a huge pitfall.
A pitfall which need must be seen.
O thou who didst with pitfall.
Another pitfall of budgeting is buying on impulse.
From time to time we will step into a pitfall.
Pitfall in the last debate about the republic.
Mold is another potential quality pitfall.
Such is the pitfall of scientific empiricism.
Active citizenship must guard against this pitfall.
Another pitfall could be catastrophic for the company.
This book avoids this pitfall.
Pitfall traps are also sold around the world.

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