schoolboy error

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

schoolboy error (plural schoolboy errors)

1. (UK, informal, idiomatic) 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.