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screwup::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | misdirection, mismanagement |
| Derivation | screw up |
a typical bureaucratic screwup.
Examples of screwup
screwup
This whole screwup has given the terrorists something else to laugh at us about.
From the washingtontimes.com
He's kind of a screwup who's relegated to merely answering letters from children.
From the freep.com
At the time I thought it was a pretty pathetic attempt to whitewash a screwup.
From the time.com
Is all this the result of some big screwup on the part of Metro's management?
From the washingtonpost.com
It should have been done years ago, but a screwup by city lawyers halted demolition.
From the freep.com
This one was is a screwup straight from Mountain View, and it's a very real problem.
From the techcrunch.com
O.K., you had a product screwup, and why did you have a product screwup?
From the businessweek.com
He was both a very big man and a very bad boy, a natural leader and an incurable screwup.
From the businessweek.com
Yes, he has gone along with it, but it is still a screwup orchestrated entirely by NBC.
From the tunedin.blogs.time.com
- The complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation; "a typical bureaucratic screwup"
