"ironic error" meaning in All languages combined

See ironic error on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: ironic errors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ironic error (plural ironic errors)
  1. A blunder that occurs as the result of a strenuous effort to avoid it, such as spilling a drink because one is concentrating on not doing so.
    Sense id: en-ironic_error-en-noun-KkXxmNFW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ironic, error.
    Sense id: en-ironic_error-en-noun-B4cpraAn

Inflected forms

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