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    Blunder

    A stupid or careless mistake
    Violent and chaotic disorder
    Angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues; conflict
    Thick, soft, wet mud or a similar viscous mixture of liquid and solid components, especially the product of an industrial or refining process
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    Disconcerting

    Lacking physical strength, especially as a result of age or illness
    (of a woman or her clothes) dowdy and old-fashioned
    Making someone feel uncertain, uncomfortable or worried
    (of organic matter) decaying or rotting and emitting a fetid smell
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    Aberration

    A person who falsely pretends to know or be something in order to deceive people
    A person who roams around seeking to attack or steal from others
    A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected.
    A noisy and overexcited reaction or response to something
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    Boondoggle

    A state of total disorder
    A display of unnecessary or excessive excitement, activity, or interest
    A derogatory term used to ridicule someone who is not very clever, or who does not learn easily.
    Work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value
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    Negligent

    To be busy and annoyed by the demands of others
    To mistakenly fail to do something that should have been done
    (of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect
    Lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting
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    Stumble

    Trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall
    Show cautious interest in a project or proposal
    Take part in a prolonged quarrel or conflict
    Make a witty remark
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    Snafu

    A confused or chaotic state; a mess
    A dog with parents of different breeds
    A bad-tempered or aggressively assertive woman
    A person who is unlikely to amount to anything, and tends to annoy others
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    Scuttle

    Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way
    (of a person or other living thing) lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble
    To be forced to cancel one's plans
    To waste something little by little
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    Bobble

    To become weaker in strength or influence
    To lose one's grip (on a ball)
    Move (goods) illegally into or out of a country
    Lie or move abjectly on the ground with one's face downward
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    Backfire

    When a plan fails, and it has the opposite result of what was intended.
    Overcharge; swindle (related to other meaning: to take out flesh)
    Inquire too closely into a person's private affairs
    To waste something little by little
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