screwup
screwup noun: a substantial mistake, usually causing problems for more people than just the person or group who made it.
Noun
screwup (plural screwups)
- A substantial mistake, usually causing problems for more people than just the person or group who made it.
- The Ford administration emerged in better shape than it deserved from the fantastic screw-up that preceded the release of the Rockefeller...1977, John Osborne, White House watch: the Ford years, page 147
- A person who often makes substantial mistakes; a bungler.
- Synonyms:
- fuckup, alcatote, auf, botcher, bumbler, bungler, blunderer, blunderhead, butterfingers, chucklehead
- A person who is mentally or emotionally damaged.
- Synonyms:
- fuckup
screwup meaning in Bengali
screwup in Bengali
- একটি মারাত্মক ভুল, একজন অদক্ষ ব্যক্তি
Synonyms of screwup
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Forms of screwup
| plural | screwups |
|---|---|
| alternative form | screw-up |
Origin of screwup
Deverbal from screw up.
Questions about screwup
- What does screwup mean?
- Screwup means a substantial mistake, usually causing problems for more people than just the person or group who made it.
- What is screwup in Bengali?
- Screwup in Bengali is একটি মারাত্মক ভুল, একজন অদক্ষ ব্যক্তি. See Screwup meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is screwup?
- Screwup is a noun.
- What is the plural of screwup?
- The plural of screwup is screwups.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: screwup (page history and authors); screwup (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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