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Definition of schoolboy error in English: schoolboy errornoun British informal A very basic or foolish mistake. Example sentencesExamples - The club's younger defenders all show potential but are prone to schoolboy errors.
- But he was judged a fool guilty of schoolboy errors when estimating 100,000 civilian deaths since the March 2003 US-UK invasion of Iraq.
- Late on a schoolboy error from keeper Mark Zawadski allowed Ks sub Martyn Williams in to poach a goal and secure maximum points.
- They are what you would class as schoolboy errors at the moment.
- You are not going to win games making schoolboy errors.
- Two lads went for the same ball for their second goal and Ashley Connor made a schoolboy error for their penalty.
- Most notably, though, I made another schoolboy error.
- We made the same mistakes again, just silly schoolboy errors.
- Accusing respected clergymen of lying was a political schoolboy error.
- With the position we are in and with games running out very quickly we have got to cut out these schoolboy errors.
- The company will be at pains not to let this type of embarrassing schoolboy error happen again.
- His book Problems of Leninism is an eclectic compilation, full of schoolboy errors.
- It was painful to watch, even more painful to hear the Doncaster fans laughing at York's schoolboy errors.
- The Indians were spectacular in the field, holding half-chances and even creating dismissals, but the Pakistanis made schoolboy errors.
- We made schoolboy errors but I'll keep working and giving 100 %.
- He is far from the finished article and his game yesterday was a mix of schoolboy errors and flashes of brilliance.
- Hawks contributed mightily to their own downfall by making schoolboy errors.
- Their punishing tactics were too much for Wigan whose schoolboy errors were embarrassing considering the magnitude of the occasion.
- This is new territory for us and as such a learning curve where we admit we have made few schoolboy errors.
- The reality was that Scotland should have then run away with the game, but the schoolboy errors were wrecking their play.
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