as in blunder
somewhat informal
a problem that makes a situation difficult or confusing
A major scheduling snafu led to two meetings starting at the same time.
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Recent Examples of snafu
The snafu became material for material streaming service documentaries and led to organizer Billy McFarland pleading guilty to wire fraud.
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
While the White House tried to diminish the seriousness of the security breach, the war-planning group chat, which included all of the highest-ranking defense Cabinet members and Vice President JD Vance, the snafu is alarming on multiple levels.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
The original reason was to accommodate railroads, which had few trains running at that wee hour and thus would encounter minimal scheduling snafus.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
There's one more week left in Utah's legislative session and lawmakers don't want a repeat of last year's constitutional amendment snafu.
—Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
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David Matthews, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
While the White House tried to diminish the seriousness of the security breach, the war-planning group chat, which included all of the highest-ranking defense Cabinet members and Vice President JD Vance, the snafu is alarming on multiple levels.
—Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
The original reason was to accommodate railroads, which had few trains running at that wee hour and thus would encounter minimal scheduling snafus.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
There's one more week left in Utah's legislative session and lawmakers don't want a repeat of last year's constitutional amendment snafu.
—Kim Bojórquez, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snafu
Noun
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The show’s main blunder is that instead of unpacking the various angles of the mob bosses’ corruption, random side stories start popping up.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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But the internal investigation promised by department leaders — a probe of what accounted for the delays and blunders — seemed to go nowhere.—
Christopher Goffard,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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Jamie Moraga, Franklin Revere NO: San Diego’s roads are in dire condition after years of deferred maintenance; drastically cutting the road-repair budget now would be a serious mistake.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2025
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Honeywell has learned from its mistakes, delivering a sensible forecast during its April 29 quarterly earnings report.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
9 May 2025
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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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“Snafu.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snafu. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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