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mix-up

noun as in confusion, misunderstanding

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A packaging mix-up led to a number of blister packs carrying 24 inactive pills, instead of 24 hormone-containing active pills.

From BBC

They were given a helping hand by a combination of a mix-up between the West Indies openers and brilliance in the field from Jacob Bethell to run out Shai Hope.

From BBC

But the coverage this week left many readers with the impression that the whole thing might have been a bureaucratic mix-up, or some tedious violation of protocol.

From Salon

UW’s student newspaper The Daily first reported on the apparent mix-up on Friday.

In the English Premier League, a communications mix-up between the official running the video review and the on-field referee cost Liverpool a valid goal in a loss at Tottenham in October.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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