How to pronounce “pitfall”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (figurative) A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.
• (literal) 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.
• (computing) An antipattern.
• (mining) Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop.

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