as in offence
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
Hegseth, however, has the support of some veterans’ groups that say his past indiscretions are not as important as getting in the job someone who will focus on improving military readiness to fight.
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Tara Copp, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
The caveat is that yours are coming out to play today and other people are able to sweep their indiscretions under the rug.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
For one, Green's opponent, Barry, is certainly not making hay of the messy family situation, given her own personal indiscretions.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 18 Oct. 2024
Haley skewers Trump picks Gabbard, RFK Jr. Hanson and other experts said the public has become less concerned about some indiscretions, such as minor and one-time drug and alcohol arrests.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Tara Copp, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
The caveat is that yours are coming out to play today and other people are able to sweep their indiscretions under the rug.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
For one, Green's opponent, Barry, is certainly not making hay of the messy family situation, given her own personal indiscretions.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 18 Oct. 2024
Haley skewers Trump picks Gabbard, RFK Jr. Hanson and other experts said the public has become less concerned about some indiscretions, such as minor and one-time drug and alcohol arrests.
—Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indiscretion
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Just like when Trump recently helped legitimize Maduro by sending White House special envoy Richard Grenell to meet with the Venezuelan dictator and pose in smiling pictures with him, Trump’s de facto abandonment of pro-democracy groups in the hemisphere is a major blunder.—
Andres Oppenheimer,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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Foreign policy is hard, but this is just a very big early blunder.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Expert instructors will teach you how to get started, practical uses, tips for effective prompt-writing, and mistakes to avoid.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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Misunderstandings or mistakes, however, could spell catastrophe.—
Alfredo Sosa,
The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Feb. 2025
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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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The intended answer, 88 ounces, indicated that a programming or grading error had been made after the child had handed the paper over.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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For results based on this sample of national adults, the margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.—
Avery Lotz,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, there have been many articles and books commemorating the milestone; one of the latter made headlines Friday for a publicity gaffe involving Tina Fey and Jon Hamm.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Feb. 2025
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Unlike her parents, who have committed a handful of regrettable gaffes (including going on holiday to Greece during a Covid lockdown), Catharina-Amalia seems to have her finger on the pulse of the nation.—
Rebecca Cope,
Vogue,
25 Dec. 2024
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