Meaning

3 senses

  1. (colloquial)A substantial mistake, usually causing problems for more people than just the person or group who made it.

  2. (colloquial)A person who often makes substantial mistakes; a bungler.

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  3. (colloquial)A person who is mentally or emotionally damaged.

More definitions
  • the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Our screwups won't damn us.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
person who often makes substantial mistakes:

Origin

Deverbal from screw up.

Deverbal from screw up.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: screwups

Synonyms

70 synonyms
aberrationC2breakA2errorA2faultA2lapseC1mistakeA2slipB1stumbleB1turkeyA1weaponB1bloomerblooperblunderboner

Word family

1 related words
Relatedscrew up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
screenwriterC1screwA2screwdriverscribbleB2scribe

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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