What is "gaffes"

Usage examples of "gaffes".

Recalling a string of gaffes, including the delayed searches of the victims’ homes, the sticks Ridge recovered from the woods more than three months after the murders, and the lack of blood at the scene, Ford derided the investigators.

I don’t set much store in elaborate conspiracies and cover-ups, but I’ve seen enough bureaucratic gaffes and fumbles in my time to believe quite heartily in them.

He had a pretty good idea who everyone was already, and if any gaffes were made, there was no one important around to observe it.