"screwup" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: screwups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from screw up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|screw up}} Deverbal from screw up Head templates: {{en-noun}} screwup (plural screwups)
  1. (colloquial) A substantial mistake, usually causing problems for more people than just the person or group who made it. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): People Synonyms: fuckup (english: obscene), error Translations (substantial mistake): knaterflater (Afrikaans), fuŝo (Esperanto), moka (Finnish), möhläys (Finnish), tunarointi (Finnish), vacilo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-screwup-en-noun-bD7zt8EV Disambiguation of People: 27 36 37 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 63 21 17 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 18 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 16 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 10 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 40 30 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 75 15 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 25 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 17 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 41 31 28 Disambiguation of 'substantial mistake': 66 29 4
  2. (colloquial) A person who often makes substantial mistakes; a bungler. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): People Synonyms: fuckup (english: obscene), unskilled person Translations (person who often makes substantial mistakes): fuŝulo (Esperanto), fuŝisto (Esperanto), tunari (Finnish), sössijä (Finnish), möhlijä (Finnish), ryssijä (Finnish), Versager [masculine] (German), vacilão [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-screwup-en-noun-UAYm9DFU Disambiguation of People: 27 36 37 Disambiguation of 'person who often makes substantial mistakes': 20 63 18
  3. (colloquial) A person who is mentally or emotionally damaged. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): People Synonyms: fuckup (english: obscene)
    Sense id: en-screwup-en-noun-SjwnwmSd Disambiguation of People: 27 36 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: screw-up

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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