a false start

a failed attempt to begin an activity or event

Usage notes: In a race, a false start is when one person starts before the signal has been given.

After a false start when he left his first job after only a week, he was offered some modelling work.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Venceslao	-	Italian
Sadİ	-	Turkish
Morley	MAWR-lee	English (Rare)
Violeta	byo-LE-tah (Spanish)	Romanian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Lithuanian
Iuvenalis	-	Ancient Roman
Jocasta	jo-KAS-tə (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)