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  • 121fumble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. grope, paw; fluff, flub, muff, bungle. See unskillfulness, touch. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mistake, blunder, dropped ball; see error 1 . v. Syn. mishandle, bungle, mismanage; see botch . III (Roget s 3 …

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  • 122hash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mixture, medley, mix, jumble, mishmash, confusion; botch; rehash, review; slang, hashish, marijuana. See food, drugs. v. t. mince, chop, dice; botch, bungle; hash over, discuss. See inquiry,… …

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  • 123muddle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. confusion, mess, disorder, befuddlement. See absurdity. muddle through II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Confusion] Syn. confusion, mess, jumble; see confusion 2 . 2. [Difficulty] Syn. perplexity, quandary,… …

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  • 124screw up — I v. t. slang, bungle, botch (see error, unskillfulness). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. bungle, foul up, mishandle; see botch . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. mess up, bungle, blow it, muff, botch, *flub up, goof up, mismanage, mishandle, *drop the… …

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  • 125Unskillfulness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unskillfulness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unskillfulness unskillfulness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 want of skill want of skill &c. 698 Sgm: N 1 incompetence incompetence incompentency Sgm: N 1 inability inability infel …

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  • 126cobble — I. v. a. 1. Botch, tinker, patch up, mend clumsily. 2. Bungle, botch, do clumsily, make clumsily. II. v. n. 1. Do cobbler s work, mend shoes. 2. Be a bungler, bungle, botch, do bungling work. III. n. 1 …

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  • 127blunder — n 1. mistake, error, flaw, fault, inaccuracy; botch, abortion, miscarriage, fiasco, fizzle, foozle, fumble, Sl. screwup; misunderstanding, misconception; inadvertence, omission, oversight, slip, Inf. slip up, Sl. boo boo, Sl. goof, Sl. boner;… …

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  • 128fault — n 1. defect, flaw, imperfection, Sl. bug; blemish, taint, spot, stain; frailty, weakness, infirmity, foible, shortcoming, failing. 2. error, mistake, inaccuracy; omission, oversight, slip up, slip, lapse; blunder, botch, fumble, foozle, Sl. boo… …

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