lapse
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4.9
- noun
- /læps/
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lapso
- Mcdermott's lawyers blamed his lapse in judgement on alcohol, depression and family problems.
- a momentary lapse
- memory lapse
- security lapses
This is a man who had a one moment lapse of judgement.
- This is a man who had a one moment lapse of judgement.
- Egregious security lapse on Pumps's part.
- It's rather that these are the things that are likely to lead to lots of other sins or lapses or moral failures.
- Mcdermott's lawyers blamed his lapse in judgement on alcohol, depression and family problems.
- So I make this point about going through the traffic lights because you can have these lapses of attention, and these lapses of attention are caused by micro sleeps.
- And that kind of awareness, that kind of little gap between that lapse between the thought and the action is where true power lies.
- And then finally it was the first lapse I got dude.
Examples
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I just had a lapse in judgment.
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Don't ever have a concentration lapse like that again, OK?
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A single lapse of security and he could face the death penalty.
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This is a man who had a one moment lapse of judgement.
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I mean, it was just a lapse in judgement.
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OK, next I am going to put this down to a very temporarily lapse in judgement on my part.
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Jax, I'd like to talk to you about your lapse of judgment.
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The report of my neuropsychological evaluation noted every lapse of concentration I had.
Academic text (1996) -
A year or two passed, and his memory lapses became more noticeable.
Fiction book (1996) -
His decision to skip the meeting was a lapse in judgment that cost him a promotion.
Synonyms
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1.0
A short stop in speaking or activity
30
4.7
A small mistake that someone does not notice
13
3.7
A small careless mistake you make by accident
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Etymology
Lapse comes from the Latin verb labi, which means 'to slip' or 'fall'. So a lapse (as a noun) is like a small 'slip' — a short mistake or pause in attention.