SLIPUPS Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

slipups

noun

plural of slipup

as in mistakes

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy the marketing director made sure there were no slipups for the important presentation

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as in blunders

a wrong judgment ran a flawless campaign—not a single slipup

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Recent Examples of slipups This week’s quiz spotlights country confessions and live TV slipups. — Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026 Weir's tendency to forget lyrics became a treat for fans at shows, who greeted his slipups with cheers and thunderous applause. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Jan. 2026 While the errors did not alter the report’s fundamental findings in either case, the slipups point to risks when corporations rely on still-hallucinatory AI, especially in jobs like consulting that are threatened by the technology. — Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 26 Nov. 2025

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Noun

And not all of the proofs were certified as correct by the automatic logic verification platform Lean—in fact, some have already been retracted after outside scientists found mistakes.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Programmers showed it sorting email, spotting writing mistakes and even playing games.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of mistakes

Noun

However, due to the financial blunders of our prior ADs with Locks’ contract, getting rid of him has been almost impossible.

— Baltimore Sun staff, Baltimore Sun, 1 Oct. 2026
José Caballero, who had a solo homer and an RBI single, and Ben Rice, who blooped a go-ahead, two-run single, also helped the Yankees overcome a few defensive blunders.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of blunders

Noun

During the ship’s christening, reservations to the specialty dining restaurants were hard to come by due to technical issues and scheduling errors, which will hopefully be ironed out when the next group sets sail.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The researchers conducted experiments that produced distinct brainwave patterns depending on whether there was a reward prediction error, a state prediction error, or both errors simultaneously.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2026

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