grave error
Frequency: 5.51.9 per million words
a very serious and important mistake
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Examples (10)
- He had committed a grave error in letting them see the document.
- The decision to invade was a grave error with long-lasting consequences.
- Underestimating the competition proved to be a grave error for the once-dominant company.
- It was only years later that she realized her grave error in judgment.
- Historians now agree that the treaty was a grave error that set the stage for future conflict.
- Trusting him with the company's finances would be a grave error.
- The engineers made several grave errors in the bridge's design, leading to its collapse.
- Ignoring scientific warnings about climate change is a grave error for humanity.
- Breaking up with her via text message was a grave error he would regret for a long time.
- A grave error was made during the trial, leading to a wrongful conviction.