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SCREWUP
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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)