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SCREWUP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does screwup mean?
• SCREWUP (noun)
The noun SCREWUP has 1 sense:
1. the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation
Familiarity information: SCREWUP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
a typical bureaucratic screwup
Hypernyms ("screwup" is a kind of...):
misdirection; mismanagement (management that is careless or inefficient)
Derivation:
screw up (make a mess of, destroy or ruin)
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