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as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
that typo is one of the text's rare goofs
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as in idiot
a stupid person
leave it to that goof to forget the bait on a fishing trip
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Recent Examples of goof
Being an error prone goof like every other AI model, however, OpenClaw took a more decisive course of action.
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Frank Landymore, Futurism, 25 Feb. 2026
That leads to episodes where Radcliffe goes goof for goof against the king of the goofs, which a) doesn’t always work out so well for the Tony winner, but b) still pushes the eager-to-experiment star into exciting new territory.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Feb. 2026
Today’s goof evolves into tomorrow’s masculine ideal.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
Try to avoid this poor guy's goof.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
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Frank Landymore, Futurism, 25 Feb. 2026
That leads to episodes where Radcliffe goes goof for goof against the king of the goofs, which a) doesn’t always work out so well for the Tony winner, but b) still pushes the eager-to-experiment star into exciting new territory.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Feb. 2026
Today’s goof evolves into tomorrow’s masculine ideal.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
Try to avoid this poor guy's goof.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goof
Noun
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Unfortunately, admitting mistakes doesn’t come easily for many people.—
Hartford Courant,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
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To avoid this big mistake, figure out in advance exactly how deep the hole should be, and be careful not to dig any deeper.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Brown could have made a change to the starting lineup, as some expected after a blunder of a Mikal Bridges performance (zero points, four turnovers) in the Knicks’ Game 3 loss at State Farm Arena on Thursday.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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Casey Schmitt made up for a baserunning blunder with a two-run homer, Drew Gilbert and Heliot Ramos added solo shots and the San Francisco Giants evened their three-game home series against the Miami Marlins at a game apiece with a 6-2 triumph Saturday afternoon.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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Following a throwing error that allowed Trevor Story to reach with two outs, Marcelo Mayer drove an RBI double the opposite way off the Green Monster to give the Red Sox their first lead of the series.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The surplus turned out to be a mirage, based on a $165 billion error in revenue estimates over four years.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
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My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.—
Alex Crippen,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2026
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The scale of the headloss was best summed up by Luis Suarez attempting to reason with Messi, before the Argentine did anything on the Suarez scale of stupid.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Post-draft outlook Don’t let the draft-weekend optimism fool you — the Cardinals have a long road ahead.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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There is an old saying that people who represent themselves in court effectively have a fool for a lawyer.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Goof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goof. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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