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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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2
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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Kreider made no mistake hammering the puck past Hart from the low slot.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
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That will also be a huge difference from the Orbán regime, when there was no responsibility or consequences of any crime, any political mistake.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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In a recent tactical blunder, the first lady’s farcical rollout of a teacher robot made unusually clear what this administration really thinks of children, teachers and schools.—
Randi Weingarten,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Although the mom of four appeared to spend the rest of her night faux pas-free, she's had to handle sartorial blunders before.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
6 May 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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Mayer advanced to third on a subsequent error by Walls trying to flip the ball to second base, which scored Yoshida, and came home himself on Caleb Durbin’s RBI single, tying the game at 3-3.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2026
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He was found dead by suicide in his jail cell that August — the result of what federal investigators concluded in 2023 was a cascade of misconduct, negligence and errors by staff at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
7 May 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 11 May. 2026.
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