: a situation marked by errors or confusion : muddle
also
: an error causing such a situation
a scheduling snafu
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Rachel Flynn, People.com, 14 May 2025
But the shoe rules have still caused snafus, as when a Native American producer was turned away from the red carpet for wearing moccasins in 2022.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
Our snafu echoes across continents and generations, an age-old problem with a newish name: the mental load.
—Eliza Shapiro, New York Times, 12 May 2025
We all have been bedeviled at times by bureaucratic snafus (and snares), and so improvement is necessary.
—John Baldoni, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Several have recently implemented technology that could have avoided this snafu and others like it.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 14 May 2025
But the shoe rules have still caused snafus, as when a Native American producer was turned away from the red carpet for wearing moccasins in 2022.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
Our snafu echoes across continents and generations, an age-old problem with a newish name: the mental load.
—Eliza Shapiro, New York Times, 12 May 2025
We all have been bedeviled at times by bureaucratic snafus (and snares), and so improvement is necessary.
—John Baldoni, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for snafu
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“Snafu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snafu. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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