mess-up
noun
a blunder; state of confusion; mix-up.
mess-ups
-
pluralof mess-up.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Given the current state of AI and agents’ high-profile mess-ups, Palantir’s slop focus isn’t ungrounded in facts.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
The new update still produced some single-word mess-ups, while the older software had more gibberish phrases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
When I asked if he had trained his team to avoid such mess-ups, Soto-Martinez nodded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
Sticking tubes into the wrong person’s heart required mess-ups by many people.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2019
Five pages of anger and mess-ups and erasures.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
