as in blunder
a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark
put the incident down as just a youthful indiscretion
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Recent Examples of indiscretion
Sharon Osbourne was both aware of and largely unbothered by the indiscretions of her late husband, Ozzy Osbourne — with one notable exception.
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Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
The bigger hurdle comes when Ella’s indiscretions with Ryan in a government building come to light.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Dec. 2025
Her amour fou with lothario bartender Jax Taylor set the tone for a soap whose throughline was infidelity, with the women repeatedly sleuthing out their boyfriends’ indiscretions as the men tried to cover for each other.
—Judy Berman, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Personal indiscretions once seen as disqualifying, such as the extramarital affair that chased Gary Hart from the 1988 presidential race, scarcely raise an eyebrow.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
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Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
The bigger hurdle comes when Ella’s indiscretions with Ryan in a government building come to light.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Dec. 2025
Her amour fou with lothario bartender Jax Taylor set the tone for a soap whose throughline was infidelity, with the women repeatedly sleuthing out their boyfriends’ indiscretions as the men tried to cover for each other.
—Judy Berman, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
Personal indiscretions once seen as disqualifying, such as the extramarital affair that chased Gary Hart from the 1988 presidential race, scarcely raise an eyebrow.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indiscretion
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The blunder in the Supreme Court of Victoria state is another in a litany of mishaps AI has caused in justice systems around the world.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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That was indicative of how Buffalo’s blunders proved costly.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
18 Jan. 2026
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Instead, recruitment mistakes saw their recent troubles compared to United’s since 2013.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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The open availability of this kind of material poses a threat not only to migrants and activists but anyone with a digital footprint, because depending on AI to sort through it will inevitably lead to mistakes.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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Medal reallocations have historically surfaced after doping or other cheating cases, but Chiles’ dispute centered on an apparent error by the International Gymnastics Federation, the sport’s governing body.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Elevated prices though have narrowed the margin for error.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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The result is global English but one without the imprecision and solecism implied by that label.—
Colin Marshall,
The New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2022
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And a single word couldn’t be a dead giveaway either, no matter how much people would like to portray the use of pled rather than pleaded as an obvious Trumpian solecism, especially when Dowd himself has been documented using pled at least once.—
Ben Zimmer,
The Atlantic,
8 Dec. 2017
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“Indiscretion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indiscretion. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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