schoolboy error

English

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Noun

schoolboy error (plural schoolboy errors)

(UK, informal) A fundamental, simple mistake.
Synonym: rookie mistake

Translations

simple mistake

Finnish: aloittelijan virhe
French: erreur du débutant m, erreur de débutant m

Further reading

“schoolboy error”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
“schoolboy error”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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