9
defect(noun, slip, failure, fault, uncertainty)
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fluff(noun, verb, fall, slip, fault)
8
boner(noun, slip, failure, fault, lapse)
8
confound(verb, take, disorder, correct, spoil)
8
flub(noun, verb, break, fall, slip)
7
boo-boo(noun, break, slip, failure, fault)
7
boob(noun, slip, failure, fault, indiscretion)
7
failure(noun, defeat, blow, slip, fault)
7
false step(noun, expression, idiom, slip, failure)
7
miscue(noun, verb, correct, slip, failure)
7
omission(noun, slip, failure, fault, lapse)
6
slip up(noun, verb, expression, phrasal verb, fall)
6
clanger(noun, lapse, indiscretion, blunder, miscalculation)
6
illusion(noun, deception, lapse, vision, error)
6
impropriety(noun, break, slip, fault, mess)
6
miscalculate(verb, fall, confuse, error, blunder)
6
miscount(noun, verb, error, misconstrue, inaccuracy)
6
misidentify(verb, confuse, mix, muddle, misperceive)
6
misjudgment(noun, break, slip, fault, mess)
6
misstatement(noun, slip, lapse, error, blunder)
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