social blunder

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For example, the term anxiety could evoke schemata of task failure, a parent’s harsh criticisms, losing money, a social blunder, the disruption of a satisfying relationship, or the health of a parent.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2013

On that occasion Victoria praised the plush carpet run out for her and the city fathers made the grievous social blunder of sending it to her as a souvenir.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a stunning social blunder, patients were released from public institutions and given no place to go -- no halfway houses, no local clinics, no community care.

From Time Magazine Archive

After my hug, she stepped back for a moment, and I made a pretty major social blunder.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

People congratulated Mrs. Honeychurch, which is, I believe, a social blunder, but it pleased her, and she introduced Cecil rather indiscriminately to some stuffy dowagers.

From A Room with a View by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)