A typical bureaucratic screwup. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Noun : The package was delayed through an addressing screwup. From Dictionary.com.
My favorite all-time sighting-in screwup occurred in Africa in 1978. From Wordnik.com. [Sight-In Screwups] Reference
Or possibly she just couldn't handle being the 'screwup' and decided to quit. From Wordnik.com. [Thoughts On the BSG Episode, "Maelstrom"] Reference
I expect it was a planned operation not a "screwup" (from their perspective). From Wordnik.com. [Massive Dominion Power screw-up? at cvillenews.com] Reference
Because, frankly, this is the kind of screwup that could make a man lose faith. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Elliott: God Made Me Do It] Reference
I would be rather surprised that this is actually a "screwup". From Wordnik.com. [Vleeptron_Z] Reference
White House last month, and promises the "screwup" won't happen again. From Wordnik.com. [RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds] Reference
McCain's big screwup in this episode was his reaction. From Wordnik.com. [No Apologies From Obama For Wes Clark's Comments] Reference
He noted that he took "responsibility" for the screwup. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Blasts His Staff Over "Punjab" Hillary Controversy] Reference
And this is a major screwup, and so we're all loving it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2006] Reference
I could deal with one screwup, but two in the same week?. From Wordnik.com. [jaimewolf Diary Entry] Reference
SHIFTING SANDS Old CW: Bunker bombing a probable screwup. From Wordnik.com. [Conventional Wisdom] Reference
Oh, I know he loves me, but I'm one screwup after another. From Wordnik.com. [Best Kept Secrets]
This screwup may have cost Obama a million votes or more. From Wordnik.com. [Pentagon Confirms That It Told Obama He Couldn't Visit Army Base With Campaign Staff] Reference
I just hope I don't completely screwup all my links and such. From Wordnik.com. [bebelua Diary Entry] Reference
Nothing really came close to this visual screwup all year long. From Wordnik.com. [My 2009 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]] Reference
So I didn't have the luxury of shrugging off my possible screwup. From Wordnik.com. [David Quigg: Don't Tell William Langewiesche to "Have a Safe Flight" (and Other Ways to Avoid Self-Destruction in the War on Terror)] Reference
'Brownie' screwup or another 'secret' policy that makes no sense. From Wordnik.com. [Printing: OpEdNews Newsletter Monday, May 7 Betraying the Troops-- Right Wingers With American Troops Blood on their Hands.] Reference
Rather than draw attention to the screwup he decided to lay it on. From Wordnik.com. [Consent to Kill]
This election was truly a sad litany of one screwup after another. From Wordnik.com. [The Buck Must Stop with Linda Lamone OR Connecting Maryland's Election Debacle Dots] Reference
It will take them a season or two to achieve an irrevocable screwup. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Sachs: Happy Birthday, Dad: My Father's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2] Reference
Look, I know this thing appears to be a really big screwup on my watch. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Selig's 'Sorry' Testimony] Reference
\'Brownie\ 'screwup or another \'secret\' policy that makes no sense. '. From Wordnik.com. [It could be a helluva season agin, Brownie...] Reference
If there's a screwup, only we, the tanker, and anyone else nursing will blow. From Wordnik.com. [Passage at Arms]
I am still aggravated when I think of Brian's MAJOR screwup with Salem's bottle. From Wordnik.com. [brile Diary Entry] Reference
The only reason for a last-minute reassignment was if a major screwup had occurred. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress of Justice]
"Since when does saving you and pretty boy from the lunch rush count as a screwup?". From Wordnik.com. [Time's Enemy]
“Savich got a hung jury and that screwup ADA ruined us for a retrial,” Duncan said. From Wordnik.com. [Ricochet]
The more Hot Rock thought about it, the more convinced he was that it was all a screwup. From Wordnik.com. [Joint Operations]
I recall, too, the media's screwup in 2004, when exit-polling data leaked in the afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Let the Polls Affect Your Vote] Reference
I was the son of a small-time crook, and here I was returning — wanted, a big-time screwup. From Wordnik.com. [Lifeguard]
Update III: Obama has just issued a new statement taking full responsibility for the screwup. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Blasts His Staff Over "Punjab" Hillary Controversy] Reference
The screwup happened back in 2006, but the military says it just figured it all out last week. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 26, 2008] Reference
As for Mr. Naseer, U.S. and U.K. law enforcement were lucky this time after a previous screwup. From Wordnik.com. [Subway Bombers at Large] Reference
Wow, so helping to lose the 2004 election is yet anther screwup we can blame on Terry McAuliffe?. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Taking Over Democratic National Committee Partly To Avoid Kerry's Fate] Reference
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