cock-up

British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cock-up
Noun
  • This might seem like a minor quibble, but the fact that the new movie botches the whole wait-what-did-they-actually-do-last-summer thing speaks to a prevailing sense of laziness.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2025
  • The 10-member panel’s first time out, in 2022, was a total botch, as the process was unconstitutionally hijacked by Democrats in the Legislature until it was stopped by the state’s highest court.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • This is a mess and the mess – not the whistleblowing – is endangering your job and your customer’s well-being.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
  • Against this corporate financial quagmire, Wintour hasn’t made a complete mess of Vogue from a purely performance metric.
    Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Noun
  • This fiasco competes with the high-speed rail project for the best way to waste taxpayer dollars.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2025
  • The fiasco was immediate and public, but, even after the rout, Kennedy kept pressing the agency to assassinate Castro.
    Keith Gessen, New Yorker, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • His moves have raised fears that economic growth will slow to a muddle, if not make the U.S. and other nations more vulnerable to a recession.
    Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
  • The risk that the muddle in both Washington and Sarajevo will cost jobs in Gorazde has left the town’s mayor, Mr. Imamovic, aghast.
    Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • In any disaster, responding quickly can help save people and salve the harm.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 15 July 2025
  • But there are some disasters that even the most equipped people can’t possibly prepare for.
    Jessica Pishko, New Yorker, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • The entire debacle represents just how rapidly the AI startup landscape is evolving, as well as the growing demand for engineers who are well versed in AI.
    Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Nandy has been highly critical of the BBC in a series of unusual interventions this month, including raising concerns about the leadership of director-general Tim Davie and questioning why no one had been fired over the How to Survive a Warzone debacle.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 July 2025
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“Cock-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cock-up. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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