Mistake
Of nonaccomplishment. May also be referred to as error and fault.
A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults".
This concept's ID is @1~336
Contains
- blunder
An embarrassing mistake.
- miscalculation
A mistake in calculating.
- omission
A mistake resulting from neglect.
- slip
A minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or...
- lapse
A mistake resulting from inattention.
- offside
(sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football,...
- ballup
Something badly botched or muddled.
- revoke
The mistake of not following suit when able to do so.
- folly
A stupid mistake.
- blot
An act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybo...
- confusion
A mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order...
- incursion
The mistake of incurring liability or blame.
- distortion
The mistake of misrepresenting the facts.