gaucherie
noun
gauĀ·cheĀ·rie
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Definition of gaucherie
: a tactless or awkward act
Examples of gaucherie in a Sentence
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Another gaucherie by somebody else will come along soon enough to get our minds off it. — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Mickelsonās antics a mistake, but this was no capital crime," 23 June 2018 Another gaucherie by somebody else will come along soon enough to get our minds off it. — Nick Canepa, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Mickelsonās antics a mistake, but this was no capital crime," 23 June 2018 A random Kim Kardashian West tweet gets more interaction than a grammatically incorrect 140-character gaucherie from Trump. — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, "After Trump, Will Twitter Wither?," 4 Jan. 2017 A random Kim Kardashian West tweet gets more interaction than a grammatically incorrect 140-character gaucherie from Trump. — Nick Bilton, The Hive, "After Trump, Will Twitter Wither?," 4 Jan. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gaucherie.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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