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Mistake

To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Identify 76% connected

To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider…

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Misconception 76% connected

Erroneous conception; false opinion; wrong understanding.

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Misstatement 76% connected

An incorrect statement.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Narrower term 31

Bloomer 76% connected

A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat.

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Blot 76% connected

To spot, stain, or bespatter, as with ink.

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Blunder 76% connected

To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription.

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Botch 76% connected

A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.

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Bungle 76% connected

To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

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Cockup 76% connected

A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.

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Confusion 76% connected

The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

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Corrigendum 76% connected

A fault or error to be corrected.

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Distortion 76% connected

The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.

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Erratum 76% connected

An error or mistake in writing or printing.

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Folly 76% connected

The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind.

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Foolishness 76% connected

The quality of being foolish.

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Imbecility 76% connected

The quality of being imbecile; weakness; feebleness, esp. of mind.

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Incursion 76% connected

A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid.

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Lapse 76% connected

A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…

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Literal 76% connected

According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.

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Miscue 76% connected

A false stroke with a billiard cue, the cue slipping from the ball struck without impelling it as desired.

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Misprint 76% connected

To print wrong.

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Misreckoning 76% connected

An erroneous computation.

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Omission 76% connected

The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.

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Oversight 76% connected

Watchful care; superintendence; general supervision.

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Renege 76% connected

To deny; to disown.

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Revoke 76% connected

To call or bring back; to recall.

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Skip 76% connected

A basket. See Skep.

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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Smear 76% connected

To overspread with anything unctuous, viscous, or adhesive; to daub; as, to smear anything with oil.

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Smirch 76% connected

To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully.

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Spot 76% connected

A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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Stain 76% connected

To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

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Stupidity 76% connected

The quality or state of being stupid; extreme dullness of perception or understanding; insensibility; sluggishness.

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Typo 76% connected

A compositor.

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Manner of action 5

Confound 76% connected

To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.

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Confuse 76% connected

Mixed; confounded.

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Misjudge 76% connected

To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.

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Misremember 76% connected

To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly.

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Stumble 76% connected

To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.

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Err 74% connected

To wander; to roam; to stray.

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Err 74% connected

To wander; to roam; to stray.

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Fault 74% connected

Defect; want; lack; default.

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Fault 74% connected

Defect; want; lack; default.

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Misinterpret 74% connected

To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.

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Misinterpret 74% connected

To interpret erroneously; to understand or to explain in a wrong sense.

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Synonym 6

Err 92% connected

To wander; to roam; to stray.

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Error 92% connected

A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

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Fault 92% connected

Defect; want; lack; default.

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Misapprehension 92% connected

A mistaking or mistake; wrong apprehension of one's meaning of a fact; misconception; misunderstanding.

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Misunderstanding 92% connected

of Misunderstand

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Slip 92% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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