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- Dictionaryfoul-up/ˈfaʊlʌp/
noun
- 1. a problem caused by a stupid mistake: "a computer system foul-up left bank customers with muddled statements"
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to spoil something by making a mistake or doing something stupid: I don't want David organizing this party after the way he fouled things up last year. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Damaging and spoiling. adulterant. adulterated. adulteration. applecart. butcher. drive a wedge between someone idiom. dry rot. eat away at something.
Add to word list. to spoil or damage something, esp. by making a mistake or doing something stupid: I think antipollution devices really foul up a lot of engines. If you foul up, tell the president and correct it fast.
The meaning of FOUL-UP is a state of confusion or an error caused by ineptitude, carelessness, or mismanagement. How to use foul-up in a sentence.
an embarrassing mistake.
A foul-up is something that has gone badly wrong as a result of someone's mistakes or carelessness. [ informal ] A series of technical foul-ups delayed the launch of the new product.
Foul-up definition: a condition of difficulty or disorder brought on by inefficiency, stupidity, etc.. See examples of FOUL-UP used in a sentence.
Definition of foul up phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
