tactical blunder

  • 1blunder — [[t]blʌ̱ndə(r)[/t]] blunders, blundering, blundered 1) N COUNT A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake. I think he made a tactical blunder by announcing it so far ahead of time. Syn: gaffe 2) VERB If you blunder, you make a stupid or careless… …

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  • 2tactical chunder — Noun. A bout of vomiting, self administered to enable one to drink more alcohol. A pun on the expression tactical blunder. See chunder …

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  • 3Blunder (chess) — In chess, a blunder is a very bad move. It is usually caused by some tactical oversight, whether from time trouble, overconfidence or carelessness. While a blunder may seem like a stroke of luck for the opposing player, some chess players give… …

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  • 4tactical — tac|tic|al [ˈtæktıkəl] adj 1.) relating to what you do to achieve what you want, especially as part of a game or large plan ▪ Two players were substituted for tactical reasons . tactical move/decision/ploy ▪ an immediate tactical decision to send …

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  • 5blunder — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, colossal, great, huge, major ▪ one of the greatest policy blunders in history ▪ serious, terrible …

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  • 6tactical — adj. Tactical is used with these nouns: ↑advantage, ↑blunder, ↑decision, ↑disadvantage, ↑error, ↑exercise, ↑level, ↑manoeuvre, ↑missile, ↑mission, ↑move, ↑ …

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  • 7error — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Deviation from truth Nouns 1. error, fallacy; falsity (see falsehood), untruth; misconception, misapprehension, misunderstanding; inexactness, inaccuracy; anachronism; misconstruction, misinterpretation …

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  • 8Ma Su — Three Kingdoms infobox Name=Ma Su imagesize=180px Caption=Portrait of Ma Su from a Qing Dynasty edition of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms Title= Military strategist Kingdom=the Shu Han Born=190 Died=228 Simp=马谡 Trad=馬謖 Pinyin=Mǎ Sù WG=Ma Su Zi …

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  • 9error — [er′ər] n. [ME & OFr errour < L error < errare: see ERR] 1. the state of believing what is untrue, incorrect, or wrong 2. a wrong belief; incorrect opinion 3. something incorrectly done through ignorance or carelessness; mistake 4. a… …

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  • 10mistake — mis•take [[t]mɪˈsteɪk[/t]] n. v. took, tak•en, tak•ing 1) an error in action, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc 2) a misunderstanding or misconception 3) to regard or identify wrongly as… …

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