A socially awkward or tactless act.
A foolish error, especially one made in public.
1 Sunday's text message error was the latest gaffe by the immigration minister.
2 The gaffe caused a six-day delay in election results, but wasn't insurmountable.
3 Google leaders have acknowledged that was an embarrassing gaffe for the company.
4 The slightest gaffe was met with widespread derision and insistence of incompetence.
5 When I lived in London he was known as the gaffe man!
6 Mrs. Norwood instantly realized her gaffe and backed into the living room.
7 Surely, this Beattie gaffe would have brought a smile to his face.
8 Taro Aso, the gaffe - prone deputy prime minister, will stay on as finance minister.
9 For a platform with 336 million users, though, it's a pretty major gaffe .
10 Araqchi accused IRIB of harming national security interests with the gaffe .
11 It was not immediately clear what Prayuth would do to rectify the gaffe .
12 The Tory benches bristled with impatience for debate to progress beyond the gaffe .
13 Posting to social media shortly afterwards -he hilariously confirmed the embarrassing gaffe .
14 This has been the year of the big media gaffe in the US.
15 Perry dropped out of a gaffe - filled campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
16 The unity gaffe has served only to highlight their regional incompetence.
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