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- Dictionarysnafu/snaˈfuː/
noun
- 1. a confused or chaotic state; a mess: "an enormous amount of my time was devoted to untangling snafus"
adjective
- 1. in utter confusion or chaos: "our refrigeration plant is snafu"
verb
- 1. throw (a situation) into chaos: "you ignored his orders and snafued everything"
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The meaning of SNAFU is a situation marked by errors or confusion : muddle; also : an error causing such a situation. How to use snafu in a sentence.
a 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. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Accidents and disasters. a disaster waiting to happen idiom. accidentally on purpose idiom.
Snafu definition: a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation. See examples of SNAFU used in a sentence.
SNAFU. Private Snafu was a series of instructional cartoons devised by Frank Capra and produced by Warner Brothers animators such as Chuck Jones for the US Army during World War II. SNAFU is an acronym that is widely used to stand for the sarcastic expression Situation normal: all fucked up.
A snafu is an obstacle or glitch that keeps you from accomplishing something. We hoped to get to the campsite before sundown, but due to several snafus along the way, including a run-in with a bear, we didn't set up camp until midnight.
a 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. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Accidents and disasters. a disaster waiting to happen idiom. accidentally on purpose idiom.
If you describe a situation as a snafu, you mean that it is disorderly or disorganized and that it is usually like this.
