Thesaurus / gaffe
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Fortunately, the agency admitted the gaffe within hours and corrected it, and the counting continued without drama.
NEW YORK'S MAYORAL RACE SHOWS THAT RANKED CHOICE VOTING WORKS—EVEN WITH SNAFUSKEVIN KOSAR AND ELAYNE ALLENJULY 10, 2021TIMEIn January, four of China’s biggest online tutoring platforms made an embarrassing gaffe.
CHINA’S ONLINE TUTORING CRACKDOWN PUNISHES PARENTS TRAPPED IN A MERCILESS SYSTEMNICOLE JAOJULY 8, 2021QUARTZInstead, he wrote his own or simply spoke from the cuff, often leading to notable gaffes.
THE EPIC, UNLIKELY LOVE STORY BETWEEN QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND PRINCE PHILIPMICHAEL ROSENWALDAPRIL 9, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe Ravens had to move only 16 yards after the gaffe by Steelers punt returner Ray-Ray McCloud.
STEELERS STAY UNBEATEN, HOLD OFF RAVENS IN RARE WEDNESDAY NFL GAMEMARK MASKEDECEMBER 3, 2020WASHINGTON POSTLocals familiar with the scenery immediately called out the visual gaffe, which highlighted a preference on the part of Daines, Rosendale, and their fellow Republicans for appearance over substance on public-lands issues.
WANT TO WIN IN MONTANA? IT'S THE ENVIRONMENT, STUPID.ELLIOTT D. WOODSOCTOBER 28, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEFry, Neff, and Han all worry that this won’t be the end of algorithmic gaffes.
THE UK EXAM DEBACLE REMINDS US THAT ALGORITHMS CAN’T FIX BROKEN SYSTEMSKAREN HAOAUGUST 20, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWHis debate performances in 2019 and early 2020 were uneven and punctuated with awkward gaffes.
HOW CLINTON’S LOSS PAVED THE WAY FOR BIDENSETH MASKETAUGUST 20, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTShe has been so charming to me that if I make a gaffe she must forgive me.
SYLVIA & MICHAELCOMPTON MACKENZIEHer recent commands with respect to turbulent Venice were the subject of criticism among the circle outside the Piazza Gaffe.
VITTORIA, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITHIt was an odd correspondence, in which I made my customary gaffe.
THE HIGH HEARTBASIL KINGWORDS RELATED TO GAFFE
- aberration
- blooper
- blunder
- boo-boo
- bungle
- confusion
- delusion
- erratum
- false move
- false step
- fault
- faux pas
- flub
- fluff
- gaffe
- illusion
- inaccuracy
- inadvertence
- lapse
- misapplication
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconception
- misinterpretation
- misjudgment
- misprint
- misstatement
- misstep
- muddle
- neglect
- omission
- overestimation
- oversight
- slight
- slip
- slip of tongue
- slipup
- snafu
- solecism
- trip
- typographical error
- underestimation
- aberrations
- bloopers
- blunders
- boo-boos
- bungles
- confusions
- delusions
- errata
- false moves
- false steps
- faults
- faux pas
- flubs
- fluffs
- gaffes
- illusions
- inaccuracies
- inadvertences
- lapses
- misapplications
- misapprehensions
- miscalculations
- misconceptions
- misinterpretations
- misjudgments
- misprints
- misstatements
- missteps
- muddles
- neglect
- omissions
- overestimations
- oversights
- slights
- slip of tongues
- slips
- slipups
- snafus
- solecisms
- trips
- typographical errors
- underestimations
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