gaucherie

Guadagnino says, clearly amused by his youthful gaucherie.

From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2016

Sommeliers look a bit shocked if I order a pretty pink rosé, and although I’ve tried to defy it, my mother’s commandment about the gaucherie of wearing white after Labor Day haunts me.

From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2015

When I recalled, however, that an official letter that I had addressed to you had remained unanswered for over six months, the problem became not one of gaucherie but of defiance of the law.

From Time Magazine Archive

It derives from a mixture of wishful thinking, impatience with American diplomatic gaucherie and envy of America's present wealth and power, and sheer inertia following upon four decades of tumultuous upheaval.

From Time Magazine Archive

I went to our table, looking straight before me, and immediately paid the penalty of gaucherie by knocking over the vase of stiff anemones as I unfolded my napkin.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Determined to escape the gaucheries of the family’s exclusive Turtle Creek enclave, Yvonne ascends from cheerleader to top majorette baton twirler to debutante to sorority girl.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2020

The flubs, freakouts and gaucheries of the actress’s interviews and award-show moments – so Tumblred, tweeted and adored – have by now probably drawn as many eyes as her extraordinary film performances.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2015

There were, alas, still a few of those gaucheries at the 15th summit.

From Time Magazine Archive

But her book should not be mistaken for a mere gibe at the gaucheries of a raw culture.

From Time Magazine Archive

The throat pain always returns, though, unless I tell what I really think, whether or not I lose my job, or spit out gaucheries all over a party.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston