Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that makes a mess of an undertaking; a bungler.
- noun A blunder; a mess.
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- noun colloquial A
substantial mistake , usually causing problems for more people than just the person or group who made it. - noun colloquial A person who often makes substantial mistakes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation
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Examples
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He only has a couple of months left and a new President will have the opportunity to fix the screwup from the 43rd President of the United States of America
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My favorite all-time sighting-in screwup occurred in Africa in 1978.
Sight-In Screwups 2004
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My favorite all-time sighting-in screwup occurred in Africa in 1978.
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These comments about the people escaping another Bushcovites screwup is that there isn’t one of them who has ever experienced a single hardship in their whole whimpy lives.
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Or possibly she just couldn't handle being the 'screwup' and decided to quit.
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Starbuck has displayed many signs of someone who is at risk of suicide including erratic behaviour and mood swings, increased use of alcohol, depression, sense of worthlessness (the "screwup"), agression, giving things away (the statue of Athena given to Adama shortly before her death), isolation from loved ones, and previous attempts (the dual with "Scar" was clearly more than just an enemy threat elimination or a competition with Kat to be the top gun).
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Because, frankly, this is the kind of screwup that could make a man lose faith.
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I expect it was a planned operation not a "screwup" (from their perspective).
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I’ll overlook the name screwup and hope they’re quick and clever enough to fix it this week.
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Obama later called the couple's entry a "screwup," telling CBS television's "60 Minutes" last month that he was "unhappy with everybody who was involved in the process."
Raw Story 2010
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