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100 Action Verbs To Avoid On Your Resume

By now, most people know the value of action verbs for energising a resume. But be careful - not all action verbs are created equally.

While there are plenty of guides that list action verbs to use, they never bother to tell you the action verbs to avoid. Below, we offer a list of 100 action verbs to avoid on your resume.

Abandoned             Absconded            Angered
Arrested                 Bankrupted            Blocked
Blundered               Botched                Broke
Bungled                  Busted                  Cancelled
Closed                    Clowned                Complicated
Compromised          Consumed             Crippled
Defrauded                Degenerated          Delayed
Demoralized            Derailed                 Destabilized
Destroyed               Discouraged           Disobeyed
Disrupted                Dissolved                Distorted
Dropped                  Embarrassed          Enraged
Erred                      Exaggerated           Failed
Followed                 Fouled                    Frustrated
Fractured                Flustered                Goofed
Help up                   Hesitated                Humiliated
Ignored                   Incapacitated          Indicted
Infuriated                Instigated               Jailed
Lied                       Liquidated               Lollygagged
Mangled                 Misguided               Misbehaved
Miscalculated         Misfiled                   Misidentified
Missed                   Misstated                Mistook
Muffed                   Neglected                Over-calculated
Overestimated        Overlooked              Pissed off
Postponed              Ravaged                 Robbed
Rumored                 Ruined                   Scared
Screwed up             Shredded               Sidelined
Slept                      Slowed                   Sneaked
Stalled                   Stole                      Subverted
Sued                      Ticked off               Underestimated
Undermined            Vilified                   Violated
Wasted                  Wavered                 Weakened
Withheld                Wrecked                 Zapped

(Courtesy Marvin Murphy, Joanna's Jokes)