"screwup" meaning in English

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Noun

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, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English deverbals: 41 30 29 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 28 27 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 38 19 Disambiguation of 'substantial mistake': 66 29 5
  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 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 38 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 41 30 Disambiguation of 'person who often makes substantial mistakes': 20 62 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 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 43 38 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: screw-up

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