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as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
clearly, there's been some sort of screwup about what time we were supposed to meet
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as in butcher
someone who bungles an effort
don't ask the office screwup to arrange the holiday party
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as in to fumble
to make a mistake
we all screw up from time to time, so don't sweat it
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as in to blow
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet
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Recent Examples of screwup
Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The Iowa caucus has also had its share of screwups.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 16 Jan. 2024
Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Horrifically late starts because then the next show is all screwed up and the whole day is screwed up.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Similar screwups would occur again and again over the years, with each side perennially overinterpreting the other’s behavior while explaining away its own.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The Iowa caucus has also had its share of screwups.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 16 Jan. 2024
Verb
The First Descendant badly screwed up the launch of its first season, adding irritating seasonal invasion missions and making the farm for new character Hailey feel insurmountable.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
Horrifically late starts because then the next show is all screwed up and the whole day is screwed up.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screwup
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The Sharks scored first at Madison Square Garden but couldn’t overcome their mistakes in the latter half of the second, allowing three unanswered goals in less than five minutes in a frustrating 3-2 loss to the Rangers in the third game of a four-game road trip.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Surprisingly, Danni doesn’t see it as a mistake and would kiss him again.Emma Soren, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Neal McKeague, a local butcher, was indicted but later acquitted of the murders.Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
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Go deeper: Beloved Asheville butcher is now open in Myers Park Pics & Prints Photography studio at Concord Mills Mall.Laura Barrero, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
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After wide receiver Courtland Sutton fumbled at the goal line, the Panthers marched down the field on a 10-play, 98-yard scoring drive, which ended with Young finding Coker for a 15-yard touchdown pass.Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2024
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Even in that moment, he got stuck on a couple of words and fumbled the line.ABC NEWS, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
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Without breaking stride, Hunter blew past four more Utah defenders and hopped into the end zone, a broken play transformed into a work of art.Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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Oldenburg’s ode to Mies van der Rohe’s signature pocket square, the 12-foot fiberglass Handkerchief, will blow toward Park Avenue, and inside, a giant cloth saw will hug the walls and floor.Morgan Meier, Curbed, 12 Nov. 2024
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The blunder not only allowed a run to score, but extended an inning that would eventually see the Dodgers erase a 5-0 deficit.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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The primary issues facing this company highlighted by Jana are capital misallocation, a series of operational blunders and corporate governance failings.Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
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Surveyors reportedly stumbled upon the endangered bees during an environmental review of the area, forcing regulators to suspend the project.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the fall of 2022, a Princeton University graduate student named Carolina Figueiredo stumbled onto a massive coincidence.Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
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Lobby group Family Business UK said tens of thousands of family-run businesses and farms will be ruined by this change due to lower levels of inheritance tax relief.Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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The ground floors of thousands of homes have been ruined.Hernán Muñoz and Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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While not massively common, losing your kit due to a loading error is very frustrating in a game like Tarkov, so any improvements to reduce the chances of that happening are always going to be a positive.Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The results were delayed further because of a tabulation error, though both parties were consulted on the decision to recount nearly 30,000 ballots.Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Screwup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screwup. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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