nonaccomplishment, nonachievement - an act that does not achieve its intended goal

blot, smirch, smear, stain, spot - an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

mix-up, confusion - a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"

incursion - the mistake of incurring liability or blame

miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoning - a mistake in calculating

distortion - the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

parapraxis, slip-up, miscue, slip - a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.

lapse, oversight - a mistake resulting from inattention

omission, skip - a mistake resulting from neglect

blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake

balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up - something badly botched or muddled

betise, folly, imbecility, stupidity, foolishness - a stupid mistake

renege, revoke - the mistake of not following suit when able to do so

misconception - an incorrect conception

misstatement - a statement that contains a mistake

corrigendum - a printer's error; to be corrected

erratum, literal, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error - a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind

identify - consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"

confuse, confound - mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"

misremember - remember incorrectly; "I misremembered the date"

slip up, trip up, stumble - make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"

misjudge - judge incorrectly

fall for - be deceived, duped, or entrapped by; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story"