#mistake__error__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"
  supertype:  nonaccomplishment__nonachievement  an act that does not achieve its intended goal
  subtype:  blot__smear__smirch__spot__stain  an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
  subtype:  mix-up__mixup  a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"
  subtype:  incursion.mistake  the mistake of incurring liability or blame
  subtype:  miscalculation__misreckoning__misestimation  a mistake in calculating
     subtype:  boomerang__backfire  a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
  subtype:  distortion  the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
  subtype:  slip-up__slip__miscue__parapraxis  a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
     subtype:  Freudian_slip  a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals
  subtype:  oversight__lapse  a mistake resulting from inattention
  subtype:  omission__skip  a mistake resulting from neglect
     subtype:  failure.omission  an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"
        subtype:  dashing_hopes__dashinghope__disappointment  an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone
        subtype:  breach  a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
           subtype:  breach_of_contract  a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract
              subtype:  anticipatory_breach__constructive_breach  a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance
              subtype:  breach_of_the_covenant_of_warranty  a failure of the seller's guarantee of good title
              subtype:  breach_of_promise  failure to keep a promise (of marriage)
              subtype:  breach_of_trust  violation (either through fraud or negligence) by a trustee of a duty that equity requires of him
              subtype:  breach_of_warranty  a breach that occurs when an item is deficient according to the terms of a warranty
              subtype:  material_breach  a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract
              subtype:  partial_breach__partialbreach  a breach that does not destroy the value of the contract but can give rise to a claim for damages
           subtype:  breach_of_duty  a breach of due care
        subtype:  copout  a failure to face some difficulty squarely
  subtype:  blunder__blooper__bloomer__bungle__foul-up__fuckup__flub__botch__boner__boo-boo__booboo  an embarrassing mistake
     subtype:  snafu  an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: Situation Normal All Fucked Up
     subtype:  spectacle  a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase "make a spectacle of" yourself
     subtype:  bull  a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"
     subtype:  fumble__muff  dropping the ball (in baseball or football)
     subtype:  fluff  a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)
     subtype:  faux_pas__gaffe__solecism__slip__gaucherie  a socially awkward or tactless act
     subtype:  howler  a glaring blunder
     subtype:  clanger  (British) a conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; "he dropped a clanger"
     subtype:  misstep__trip__stumble  an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
  subtype:  ballup__balls-up__ballsup__cockup__mess-up  (British) something badly botched or muddled
  subtype:  betise__stupidity__folly__foolishness__foolishnes  a stupid mistake
  subtype:  revoke__renege  the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

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