big blunder

Frequency: 7.815.1 per million words

a significant and obvious mistake

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Examples (10)

  • Firing the entire marketing team turned out to be a big blunder for the company.
  • Trusting him with my secret was a big blunder; he told everyone.
  • The government's decision to raise taxes during a recession was a big political blunder.
  • Historians agree that invading in winter was a big blunder that cost them the war.
  • It would be a big blunder to ignore these critical warning signs.
  • Wasn't it a big blunder to sell their best asset so cheaply?
  • I think I've made a big blunder by accidentally deleting the final report.
  • The study concluded that the initial hypothesis led to a big blunder in the experimental design.
  • The project failed due to a series of big blunders in its early planning stages.
  • "Investing all my savings in that one stock," he admitted, "was a big blunder."