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Antonyms for slip-up
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : slip-uhp |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈslɪpˌʌp |
- accuracy
- achievement
- advantage
- behavior
- benefit
- blessing
- care
- continuity
- correction
- correctness
- discreetness
- discretion
- fix
- good
- good deed
- irresponsibility
- judgment
- kindness
- obedience
- perfection
- progress
- propriety
- remembrance
- restitution
- right
- seriousness
- soundness
- strength
- strong point
- success
- thoughtfulness
- wisdom
Definition of slip-up
- As in indiscretion : noun mistake
- As in lapse : noun mistake
- As in slip : noun error, goof
- As in blunder : noun mistake
- As in fault : noun blame, sin; mistake
- We dont want any slip-up in the eight-oared race just because you want some fun.
- Extract from : « The Eight-Oared Victors » by Lester Chadwick
- If, however, there is a slip-up I will be dependent on my position for a living.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars » by Lester Chadwick
- There was always the spectre of a slip-up, an aroused suspicion.
- Extract from : « Martyr » by Alan Edward Nourse
- No chance of a slip-up in your information, is there, Chief?
- Extract from : « On Secret Service » by William Nelson Taft
- Again blows were struck and again A inquired ferociously as to the cause of the slip-up.
- Extract from : « Pieces of Hate » by Heywood Broun
- You may be foolhardy enough to try some slip-up game on him.
- Extract from : « Dixie Hart » by Will N. Harben
- The hospital provided plenty of sleeping time, but now and then there was a slip-up and somebody paid.
- Extract from : « Love Stories » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Did you ever notice how eagerly people relate the slip-up or stumble of those whom they have been praising?
- Extract from : « The Psychology of Salesmanship » by William Walker Atkinson
- That's so—but then we don't know yet if his slip-up on the loan had some kind of cause that he couldn't help.
- Extract from : « Plays by August Strindberg, Third Series » by August Strindberg
- "I'll just think back a few lines and remember this little Caribbean slip-up," he laughed.
- Extract from : « Pirates' Hope » by Francis Lynde
Synonyms for slip-up
- accountability
- answerability
- blooper
- blunder
- boner
- boo-boo
- breach
- bumble
- bungle
- crime
- crudeness
- culpability
- defect
- delinquency
- dereliction
- dropping the ball
- dumb move
- dumb thing to do
- error
- evil doing
- excitability
- failing
- failure
- fault
- faux pas
- flaw
- flub
- flub-up
- fluff
- foible
- folly
- fool mistake
- foolishness
- foul-up
- frailty
- gaff
- gaffe
- gaucherie
- goof
- goof-up
- guilt
- hastiness
- howler
- impropriety
- imprudence
- inaccuracy
- indiscreetness
- indiscretion
- infirmity
- ingenuousness
- lapse
- liability
- loss of innocence
- malfeasance
- malpractice
- misconduct
- miscue
- misdeed
- misdemeanor
- misjudgment
- misspeak
- misstep
- mistake
- muff
- naiveté
- negligence
- offense
- omission
- onus
- oversight
- peccancy
- rashness
- recklessness
- responsibility
- screw-up
- simple-mindedness
- sin
- slip
- slip of the tongue
- slip-up
- solecism
- stumble
- stupidity
- tactlessness
- thoughtlessness
- transgression
- trespass
- trip
- unseemliness
- vice
- violation
- weakness
- wrong
- wrongdoing
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