6
flub(noun, confusion, failure, fault, mistake)
6
mishap(noun, ruin, defeat, blow, slip)
5
boob(noun, slip, failure, fault, mistake)
5
bungle(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, slip)
5
calamity(noun, ruin, defeat, blow, slip)
5
peccadillo(noun, fault)
5
slip-up(noun, slip, failure, fault, mistake)
5
stumble(noun, ruin, slip, collapse, failure)
4
break(noun, slip, mistake, lapse, error)
4
false step(noun, expression, decline, ruin, defeat)
4
fumble(noun, ruin, destruction, misfortune, downfall)
4
indecorum(noun, slip, mistake, rudeness, error)
4
infraction(noun, breach, violation)
4
misjudgment(noun, slip, confusion, failure, fault)
4
transgression(noun, slip, failure, fault, mistake)
4
trip(noun, ruin, slip, confusion, informal)
3
breach(noun, slip, mistake, lapse, error)
3
failure(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, blow)
3
folly(noun, mistake, rudeness, lapse, error)
3
misadventure(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, slip)
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