How to pronounce “ironic error”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A blunder that occurs as the result of a strenuous effort to avoid it, such as spilling a drink because one is concentrating on not doing so.
• Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ironic,‎ error.

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Similar Sounds

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