flubbed
Botched the attempt
Flubbed is the past tense of flub, meaning to botch or bungle something—to make a clumsy mistake in performance or execution.
An actor flubs a line by forgetting or mangling it.
A politician flubs a speech.
He flubbed the easy catch and the runner scored.
The word suggests minor, embarrassing error rather than serious failure.
Complete commercial failure
- bombExplosive device or disaster
- fiascoHumiliating public failure
- debacleSudden, complete failure
- disasterSudden ruinous event
washout · dud · bust · misfire · letdown · clunker · nonstarter · whiff
Fail through clumsiness
slip · mistake · error · oversight · lapse · miscalculation · inaccuracy · faux pas
Lose footing momentarily
- flounderStruggle awkwardly, or seafood
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- ineptitudeLack of ability
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
ham-fisted · butterfingers · klutz · ungainly · maladroit · graceless · bumbling · stumbling
flop
Complete commercial failure
disaster · washout · dud · bust · misfire · letdown · clunker · nonstarter · whiff · fizzle
bungle
Fail through clumsiness
miscue · slip · mistake · error · oversight · lapse · miscalculation · inaccuracy · faux pas · misstep
stumble
Lose footing momentarily
- flounderStruggle awkwardly, or seafood
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- ineptitudeLack of ability
awkwardness · ham-fisted · butterfingers · klutz · ungainly · maladroit · graceless · bumbling · stumbling · faltering
flubbednailed
Secured with fasteners
aced · nailed it · succeeded · pulled off · crushed it
flubbednailed
Secured with fasteners
hit the mark · got it right · perfected · landed · stuck the landing