Definition of screw-up in English:

screw-up

noun

North American informal

A situation that has been completely mismanaged or mishandled.
a massive bureaucratic screw-up
Example sentencesExamples
- Thanks to a screw-up in the CD database, some MP3s have the artist and song title reversed.
- She couldn't help but dwell on her failures, screw-ups, and her crummy life.
- Sources and methods should not be used as cover for screw-ups and mistakes - which has too often happened in past intelligence scandals.
- In the past year, numerous media accounts have revealed screw-ups, miscalculations and oversights.
- Someday someone is going to put together an article cataloging just how many screw-ups he has been responsible for in the last two years.
- Seemingly, by listening to an itinerant, well-heeled failure talk about his screw-ups, people feel less devastated by their own mistakes.
- Were there some highly visible screw-ups that perhaps could have ended this killing spree earlier?
- The documentary gets almost painful to watch at times as you see so many screw-ups and mistakes.
- The real problems are not crypto-related: they're implementation errors, trust-model screw-ups, intentional misuse, misconfiguration, etc.
- It ill-behooves the president's partisans to use the sheer magnitude of their screw-ups as an excuse not to discuss them.
- The result has been a cascading series of intelligence failures and screw-ups that have hurt the country.
- If he doesn't believe me, I refer him to the journalistic screw-ups of the newspaper that has employed him since 1966.
- I'm afraid I'm not much impressed when people only get outraged over the mistakes of their political enemies and overlook similar screw-ups by their own side.
- The fact is that there were screw-ups at all levels.
- With new people doing new tasks, there are going to be screw-ups, mistakes, confusion, and missteps - one hopes they won't be fatal.
- Given the errors, screw-ups, distortions, and misleads that we now know about, are you willing to step up to the plate and take responsibility?
- I'm unconvinced by anti-war people screaming about screw-ups in the early weeks of the war, including the latest explosives flap.
- He's hanging up on people, putting them through to the wrong extensions, and basically causing a massive screw-up.
- But the administration's most potent screw-ups came in one of the areas it could least afford: the economy.
- A screw-up this big can't be blamed solely on those two entities.
Synonyms
muddle, mess, tangle, jumble, entanglement, imbroglio

单词	screw-up
释义	Definition of screw-up in English: screw-up noun North American informal A situation that has been completely mismanaged or mishandled. a massive bureaucratic screw-up Example sentencesExamples Thanks to a screw-up in the CD database, some MP3s have the artist and song title reversed. She couldn't help but dwell on her failures, screw-ups, and her crummy life. Sources and methods should not be used as cover for screw-ups and mistakes - which has too often happened in past intelligence scandals. In the past year, numerous media accounts have revealed screw-ups, miscalculations and oversights. Someday someone is going to put together an article cataloging just how many screw-ups he has been responsible for in the last two years. Seemingly, by listening to an itinerant, well-heeled failure talk about his screw-ups, people feel less devastated by their own mistakes. Were there some highly visible screw-ups that perhaps could have ended this killing spree earlier? The documentary gets almost painful to watch at times as you see so many screw-ups and mistakes. The real problems are not crypto-related: they're implementation errors, trust-model screw-ups, intentional misuse, misconfiguration, etc. It ill-behooves the president's partisans to use the sheer magnitude of their screw-ups as an excuse not to discuss them. The result has been a cascading series of intelligence failures and screw-ups that have hurt the country. If he doesn't believe me, I refer him to the journalistic screw-ups of the newspaper that has employed him since 1966. I'm afraid I'm not much impressed when people only get outraged over the mistakes of their political enemies and overlook similar screw-ups by their own side. The fact is that there were screw-ups at all levels. With new people doing new tasks, there are going to be screw-ups, mistakes, confusion, and missteps - one hopes they won't be fatal. Given the errors, screw-ups, distortions, and misleads that we now know about, are you willing to step up to the plate and take responsibility? I'm unconvinced by anti-war people screaming about screw-ups in the early weeks of the war, including the latest explosives flap. He's hanging up on people, putting them through to the wrong extensions, and basically causing a massive screw-up. But the administration's most potent screw-ups came in one of the areas it could least afford: the economy. A screw-up this big can't be blamed solely on those two entities. Synonyms muddle, mess, tangle, jumble, entanglement, imbroglio
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