a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 36 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 8
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 36 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 8
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| fault |
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sample sentences
"he made a bad mistake""she was quick to point out my errors"
"I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
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blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
confusion, mix-up
incursion
miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation
distortion
slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis
offside
lapse, oversight
omission, skip
blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up
stupidity, folly, betise, foolishness, imbecility
revoke, renege