Wondering how to use Pitfall in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as difficulty or pit.
Pitfall meaning
- 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.
Synonyms of Pitfall
Using Pitfall
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: booby trap, difficulty, pit, trap.
- In the example corpus, pitfall often appears in combinations such as: the pitfall, pitfall of, potential pitfall.
Context around Pitfall
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 7 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pitfall
- In this selection, "pitfall" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, potential, common, major, staring, dynamic and trap stand out and add context to how "pitfall" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a common pitfall on her and a common pitfall that founders. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pitfall" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pitfall
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another pitfall of recent cycles has been Hispanic outreach. (9 words)
But there is also a potential pitfall: dynamic currency conversion. (10 words)
UW–Madison student Ella Strei holds toads collected in a pitfall trap. (12 words)
And that’s especially considering that his primary job as a manager is to find every little edge he can to help his team win and avoid every possible pitfall; he’s not really out there to promote the game or help the broadcast. (44 words)
And there’s another potential pitfall staring Warren in the face — a Senate impeachment trial that could ground her in Washington in January and February just as voters in the Hawkeye and Granite states are making up their minds. (39 words)
Earlier in the day, Angell said cloth masks could be a pitfall because if handled or worn incorrectly they might lead to infection and also might make people feel “somewhat immune” and relax their social distance. (36 words)
Arm yourself with the facts and avoid the pitfall of a diploma mill! (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
Arm yourself with the facts and avoid the pitfall of a diploma mill!
But the DFC’s major pitfall, according to Arnson, is that it can only operate in lower-income countries; only five countries fall within this category in Latin America.
Holly Willoughby has admitted she is "guilty" as she shared a common pitfall on her latest Wylde Moon newsletter.
There’s an understandable concern that any sequels could tarnish the original games, but following new characters in the same world largely avoids this pitfall.
A common pitfall that founders make, especially those with science or engineering backgrounds, is putting time and money into developing a product that no one wants.
And that’s especially considering that his primary job as a manager is to find every little edge he can to help his team win and avoid every possible pitfall; he’s not really out there to promote the game or help the broadcast.
By adding the brother into the first movie, the film franchise avoids that pitfall.
Earlier in the day, Angell said cloth masks could be a pitfall because if handled or worn incorrectly they might lead to infection and also might make people feel “somewhat immune” and relax their social distance.
In part two we will take a look at how to avoid this pitfall.
Senator Ndume, a former Senate leader said he had been delaying the final decision of the Senate on the bill to enable him make some amendments that will avoid the past pitfall.
And there’s another potential pitfall staring Warren in the face — a Senate impeachment trial that could ground her in Washington in January and February just as voters in the Hawkeye and Granite states are making up their minds.
Another pitfall of recent cycles has been Hispanic outreach.
But there is also a potential pitfall: dynamic currency conversion.
The pitfall that most frequently complicates or derails AI development efforts, CMU's Lee said, is a lack of vendor transparency and auditability.
UW–Madison student Ella Strei holds toads collected in a pitfall trap.
A big political pitfall for Inslee is that while improving hydropower is a major plank of his climate change plans, he is also boosting the recovery of Puget Sound’s endangered orcas, which eat chinook salmon.
That potential pitfall is prompting some Native Americans to question whether there is a way to share this knowledge that benefits the environment, as well as a tribe.
The movie also avoids a typical pitfall of many 19th and 20th century period pieces, which consistently flatten the women they tell stories about.
To avoid the pitfall of one-size-fits-all marketing, Amazon needs to think more critically about the Prime Day approach.
Trapmaking is highly helpful, as Pitfall traps and electric traps can lead to weak spot openings.
Common combinations with pitfall
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the pitfall 5×
- pitfall of 5×
- potential pitfall 4×
- this pitfall 3×
- common pitfall 2×
- pitfall on 2×
- pitfall that 2×
- pitfall because 2×