unfortunate error
Frequency: 5.21.5 per million words
a mistake that is regrettable or has unlucky consequences
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Examples (10)
- It was an unfortunate error that led to the massive data breach.
- We sincerely apologize for the unfortunate error on your billing statement.
- The historian's book revealed that an unfortunate error in translation altered the treaty's meaning.
- If not for one unfortunate error in the final minutes, the team would have won.
- An unfortunate error was made during the final calculation, which skewed the entire study's results.
- Making such an unfortunate error at a critical stage cost the company millions.
- Double-checking the patient's records now will prevent a potentially unfortunate error during surgery.
- I now realize that ignoring the warning signs was an unfortunate error in judgment.
- Due to an unfortunate error in the system, the flight was overbooked.
- The judge acknowledged that an unfortunate error had occurred in the initial police report.