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
The film was also the subject of a minor controversy at Cannes, when jury members including Marlee Matlin walked out of the screening because of a technical snafu that resulted in the film’s closed-captioning malfunctioning.
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2024
According to on-the-ground reports, there were a bunch of technical snafus including films not filling up screens and one initially playing with sound and no picture.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2024
The 50-year-old actor revealed what initially drew him to the role of Laszlo on the FX series, which follows the everyday lives of four vampires in Staten Island, New York, who struggle to fit in with the human world — with many snafus along the way.
—Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
Collins revealed the sandwich snafu on the Sept. 22 episode of Watch What Happens Live.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Brian Welk, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2024
According to on-the-ground reports, there were a bunch of technical snafus including films not filling up screens and one initially playing with sound and no picture.
—Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Sep. 2024
The 50-year-old actor revealed what initially drew him to the role of Laszlo on the FX series, which follows the everyday lives of four vampires in Staten Island, New York, who struggle to fit in with the human world — with many snafus along the way.
—Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024
Collins revealed the sandwich snafu on the Sept. 22 episode of Watch What Happens Live.
—Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snafu
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The blunder not only allowed a run to score, but extended an inning that would eventually see the Dodgers erase a 5-0 deficit.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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The primary issues facing this company highlighted by Jana are capital misallocation, a series of operational blunders and corporate governance failings.Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
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The Sharks scored first at Madison Square Garden but couldn’t overcome their mistakes in the latter half of the second, allowing three unanswered goals in less than five minutes in a frustrating 3-2 loss to the Rangers in the third game of a four-game road trip.Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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As the holiday season approaches, Jordan is turning his mistake into positive action by using his newfound notoriety to help drive donations to the Rocky Hill Human Services Food Bank, his police department said on social media.Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
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There was also the larger error of anointing Harris without political competition — an insult to the democratic process that handed the nomination to a candidate who, as some of us warned at the time, was exceptionally weak.Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Recent polling from the Free Press had indicated that Harris appeared to have a slight, 3-percentage-point lead on Trump in Michigan, though that was within the poll's 4-percentage-point margin of error.Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Snafu.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snafu. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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