45 words & definitions
| blurt |
To say (something) suddenly and without careful consideration
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| bobble |
To lose one's grip (on a ball)
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| botch |
To carry out a task badly or carelessly
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| bungle |
To carry out a task clumsily or incompetently, leading to failure or an unsatisfactory outcome
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| fizzle |
To finish in a way that is disappointing
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| flub |
To fail or make a mistake
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| flunk |
To fail to reach the required standard in an examination, test, or course of study
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| fritter |
To waste or squander time, money or resources.
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| scuttle |
To be forced to cancel one's plans
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| squander |
To waste something, such as money or time, in a reckless and foolish manner
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| blooper |
An embarrassing error
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| blunder |
A stupid or careless mistake
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| dud |
A thing that fails to work properly or is otherwise unsatisfactory or worthless
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| fiasco |
A thing that is a complete failure, especially in a ludicrous or humiliating way
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| fluke |
Unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck
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| gaffe |
An unintentional act or remark causing embarrassment to its originator; a blunder
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| glitch |
A sudden, unexpected, and usually temporary malfunction of equipment such as a computer
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| flop |
To fail
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| fumble |
Use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something
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| snafu |
A confused or chaotic state; a mess
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| boondoggle |
Work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value
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| stumble |
Trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall
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| flaw |
A mark, fault, or other imperfection that mars a substance or object
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| spurious |
False and incorrect
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| aberration |
A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected.
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| indiscreet |
Saying something that should be private, showing a lack of judgment,
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| liability |
Something that is likely to cause a problem.
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| negligent |
To mistakenly fail to do something that should have been done
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| flop |
A failure
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| fumble |
An act of using the hands clumsily while doing or handling something
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| stumble |
An act of stumbling
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| erroneous |
Misleading or false in belief, statement, or action.
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| excessive |
Going beyond what is considered acceptable or appropriate.
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| inadvertent |
Not deliberately planned or intended.
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| misconception |
A wrong and often widespread assumption based on faulty thinking or lack of information.
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| mixup |
An error resulting from things being wrongly arranged or identified.
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| mishap |
An unexpected mistake or error, often not serious but troublesome.
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| overreach |
To go beyond what is proper, reasonable, or safe—especially in power or ambition; to stretch too far and fail as a result.
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| unforgivable |
So bad as to be unable to be forgiven or excused
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| repercussions |
The effects or results of an action, event, or decision, especially those that are unintended or negative.
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| slip |
A small mistake or accident, often due to carelessness.
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| backfire |
To have the opposite effect of what was intended, usually producing a negative result.
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| reckoning |
A time when someone's actions will be judged to be right or wrong.
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| futility |
the quality being ineffective, useless, unsuccessful, and achieving nothing.
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| overlook |
To fail to see or notice something.
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