mistake; error; fault




a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

"he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

Type of:
  • nonaccomplishment; nonachievement

Types:
  • blot; smear; smirch; spot; stain
  • confusion; mix-up
  • incursion
  • miscalculation; misreckoning; misestimation
  • distortion
  • slip; slip-up; miscue; parapraxis
  • offside
  • oversight; lapse
  • omission; skip
  • blunder; blooper; bloomer; bungle; pratfall; foul-up; fuckup; flub; botch; boner; boo-boo
  • ballup; balls-up; cockup; mess-up
  • stupidity; betise; folly; foolishness; imbecility
  • revoke; renege


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