foot-in-mouth

[ foot-n-mouth ]
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adjective
  1. (of a statement) inappropriate, insensitive, or imprudent.

Origin of foot-in-mouth

1
First recorded in 1965–70; from idiomatic phrase put one's foot in one's mouth

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