as in blunder
somewhat informal
a problem that makes a situation difficult or confusing
A major scheduling snafu led to two meetings starting at the same time.
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Recent Examples of snafu
Cyrus wasn't the only one to encounter technical snafus Monday.
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Lauren Huff, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Oren’s defense attorney, Richard Klugh, declined to comment on the snafu, which practically never happens in federal court.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
The town ran into a snafu last year when a batch of permits ended up stuck for days in a Chicagoland post office.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Rather than addressing administrative snafus with a scalpel, DOGE risks creating constitutional ones with its axe.
—Thomas J. Greitens, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Huff, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Oren’s defense attorney, Richard Klugh, declined to comment on the snafu, which practically never happens in federal court.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
The town ran into a snafu last year when a batch of permits ended up stuck for days in a Chicagoland post office.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
Rather than addressing administrative snafus with a scalpel, DOGE risks creating constitutional ones with its axe.
—Thomas J. Greitens, Scientific American, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snafu
Noun
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Still, many in Kenya condemned the talks as a political blunder by President William Ruto, and called on him to reverse course.—
Declan Walsh,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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The verdict came after a blunder by Miami-Dade state prosecutors, who felt the need to apologize to jurors for not identifying a purse on the couch next to where Knighton was sitting in Blount’s apartment when she was shot.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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However, a few hours later, Party admitted that recording and teasing the song was a mistake.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2025
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Closing Rockledge hospital is a mistake The recent decision by Orlando Health to close its Rockledge Hospital will cost lives in Cocoa.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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And that’s before factoring in an error in the data published on DOGE’s website that mislabels a contract as $8 billion, which was later corrected in the federal database to only be $8 million.—
Bloomberg News,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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But the employee also explained that the recent layoffs will reduce the agency’s ability to defend against IT or security errors, on top of diminishing morale.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Snafu.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snafu. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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