SCREWUP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation

Example:

a typical bureaucratic screwup

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("screwup" is a kind of...):

misdirection; mismanagement (management that is careless or inefficient)

Derivation:

screw up (make a mess of, destroy or ruin)

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