And while a missing finger bowl won't seriously mar anyone's evening, missing Daniel's cheese cart might.
In the end, these errors do not seriously mar the powerful thrust of his narrative.
Obsolete or revolting epithets like "nancy boy," "wet spot" and "panty liner" seriously mar the script of "10-8" (ABC), which has its premiere tomorrow night.
Tooth wear was defined as pathological if the teeth became so worn that they do not function effectively or seriously mar the appearance before they are lost through other causes or the patient dies.
His two stints as prime minister were seriously marred by corruption.
Given a role encased in implausibility and seriously marred by carelessness of detail, Hope Chernov keeps her cool, admirably.
The summer introduction was so seriously marred by technology problems that Mr. Jobs fired the head of the MobileMe team and replaced him with Eddy Cue, a trusted executive who oversaw the company's iTunes Store.
This reflexive, outdated feminism, which regards anything male as suspect and all women, even Nazi women, as essentially powerless sisters, seriously mars the book and threatens to undermine its credibility.
Though her own years in office were also seriously marred by corruption, Ms. Bhutto is a somewhat more plausible champion of secularism, democracy and a real fight against Al Qaeda and Taliban bases on Pakistani soil.
International observers said the campaign violence and intimidation, which prevented the M.D.C. from campaigning in many rural areas, had seriously marred the poll and it could not be described as free and fair.
