missing stair

Meanings:

• 1.

  global (internet)informalcolloquialinternet
  • A figurative term for a person in a social group whose problematic, awkward, or harmful behavior is tolerated and worked around by others rather than being directly addressed, analogous to how people avoid a broken or absent stair step.

• 2.

  globalneutraltechnical
  • A literal stair step that is absent, broken, or impassable within a flight of stairs.