as in mistake
a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark
according to an oft-told story, the queen set a guest at ease about a faux pas by politely imitating it
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Recent Examples of faux pas
Her aunt and cousin have also accused her of committing a faux pas.
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Raven Brunner, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Consider avoiding these particular faux pas.
—Lauren Jones, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025
Her aunt and cousin have also accused her of committing a faux pas.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Spelling also likes to judge other stars for their fashion faux pas on the red carpet.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for faux pas
Raven Brunner, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Consider avoiding these particular faux pas.
—Lauren Jones, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025
Her aunt and cousin have also accused her of committing a faux pas.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
Spelling also likes to judge other stars for their fashion faux pas on the red carpet.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for faux pas
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faux pas
Noun
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Treating it like a cause-and-effect explanation mistakes the scoreboard for the game.—
Alexander William Salter,
National Review,
9 May 2025
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Now in the context of the very obvious dropping of moral guardrails around international relations, other countries will be less bound by a sense of world order, emboldened by an arms race, and will start to take risks and make mistakes.—
Mike O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
Noun
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Be equipped to answer this when delivering bad news by understanding the root cause of the blunder.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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All the evidence points to various blunders, assumptions, policies, choices and unlucky circumstances that led to the tragedy.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Garcia, who denies gang membership, had an immigration court order protecting him from deportation, which the administration acknowledged was an administrative error.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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Betts grounded into a fielder’s choice and reached via an error on a should-have-been 6-3 putout.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2025
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“Faux pas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faux%20pas. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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