noun
- plural of cockup; serious mistakes or blunders, especially those caused by incompetence or poor planning
Usage: British informal; plural form
Examples
- The project was full of cockups from the very beginning.
- Management tried to cover up their latest cockups.
- We can’t afford any more cockups like last time.
- The team’s cockups cost the company thousands of dollars.
- After several major cockups, he was finally fired.
- The report detailed all the cockups that led to the failure.