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screwup

screw·up [or] screw-up

screwup [or] screw-up

 
pronunciation:
skru uhp
features:
Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition 1: (slang) a bad mistake.
That one screw-up cost us a lot of money.
definition 2: (slang) one who habitually blunders or mismanages.
He's such a screw-up. I wouldn't trust him to do the job right.My dad thinks I'm a total screw-up because I left college and I don't have a job.
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