ironic error

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.

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Meanings

nounironic error (plural ironic errors)

plural ironic errors

  1. 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.

    Counter intentional or ironic error is a further example of the delinking of intentional thought processes and behavior.

    2001, Giora Hon, Sam S. Rakover, Explanation: Theoretical Approaches and Applications, →ISBN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ironic, error.
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