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Screwup

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Noun

1. screwup

the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation

Example Sentences:
'a typical bureaucratic screwup'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Screwup

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verb (tr, adverb)
1. 
to twist out of shape or distort
2. 
to summon up or call upon
to screw up one's courage
3. (also intr) informal
to mishandle or make a mess (of)
4. (often passive) informal
to cause to become very anxious, confused, or nervous
he is really screwed up about his exams
noun screw-up
5. slang
something mishandled or done badly
noun informal
1. 
something mishandled or done badly
Someone is going to pay for this screw-up.
2. 
a person who habitually fails or mishandles things
Bruce was a total screw-up.

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Screwup

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Informal
to make a mess of, as by ineptness; bungle; foul up
noun Informal
1. 
a serious mistake; blunder; mess
2. 
a person who screws up

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Screwup

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n.
Slang
1. One that makes a mess of an undertaking; a bungler.
2. A blunder; a mess: a managerial screwup.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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