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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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Both Velez and Farbstein gave me the 411 on what traveler mistakes can back up the security line.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2026
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The third mistake is using wine that is not cold enough.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
Noun
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The Royals made two critical such blunders in a 7-1 loss to the Boston Red Sox at Kauffman Stadium.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
20 May 2026
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Delinquent financing, lawsuits, project delays, construction blunders and defects, evidence that some workers were forced to live in an East Bay warehouse, allegations of slave labor, and a death haunted the property while Z&L owned it.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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The Knights fell behind 3-0 after Canyon’s Mia Saenz hit a two-run home run and added another run on an error.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
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Instead, Adames committed an inexcusable baserunning error by forgetting how many outs there were in the seventh inning, allowing Ohtani to complete seven scoreless innings as the Giants’ three-game winning streak was snapped.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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Trying to control such speech or sanitize any possibility of offense, disagreement, or discomfort, will be a fool’s errand in a diverse democracy.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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The king, the fool — there are so many parallels for me.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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“Goof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goof. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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