snafunoun [ C ]
uk/snæfˈuː/us/snæfˈuː/US informala situation in which nothing has happened as planned:
The company isn't wholly to blame for the snafu.
A single snafu (= serious mistake) by an airline can leave a lasting impression on travelers.
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Accidents and disasters
- a knockout blow idiom
- accident
- accidental
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- banana skin
- calamity
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- debacle
- disaster area
- disastrous
- emergency
- forest fire
- holocaust
- knockout
- meltdown
- perfect storm
- the devil to pay idiom
- tragedy
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