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overlook - To fail to see or notice something.

It's important in a relationship to value the other person's great qualities, and overlook their faults.

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spurious - False and incorrect

The teacher showed Max that his scientific conclusions were wrong because they were based on spurious facts and logic.

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stumble - Trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall

Danny ran too fast and stumbled, spilling his coffee on the floor.

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blunder - A stupid or careless mistake

Emma realized she had made a huge blunder when she accidentally deleted the entire spreadsheet.

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blooper - An embarrassing error

Movies will frequently have blooper reels where the actors laugh and ruin a scene.

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bungle - To carry out a task clumsily or incompetently, leading to failure or an unsatisfactory outcome

The painter bungled his job when he misspelled the word on the road sign.

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repercussions - The effects or results of an action, event, or decision, especially those that are unintended or negative.

His decision to suddently quit the company without notice had serious repercussions, hurting his reputation and making it hard to find another job.

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flunk - To fail to reach the required standard in an examination, test, or course of study

Ron hid his school test from his mother because he didn't want her to know he had flunked it.

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mishap - An unexpected mistake or error, often not serious but troublesome.

Despite a few mishaps during rehearsal, the play was a big success.

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liability - Something that is likely to cause a problem.

Joe was going to choose Fred as his running mate, but then he realized that Fred's drinking problem would just make him a liability, so he chose someone else.

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dud - A thing that fails to work properly or is otherwise unsatisfactory or worthless

The firework turned out to be a dud when it landed back on the ground.

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fizzle - To finish in a way that is disappointing

At the start of his race for mayor it looked like Fred was going to win, but his many verbal mistakes caused his candidacy to just fizzle out.