1). In tennis, whenever a player misses an otherwise easy or effortless shot due to their own inattentiveness rather than the opposing
player's skill.
2.) In politics, a polite term for when someone ends up creating their own
scandal through poor or
tactless decision making.
1.)
Bobby Sands failing to make that save at
Wimbledon was an unforced error.
2.)
Donald's Trump's statement about Mexican migrants "bringing in drugs" and being "rapists" during the 2016 campaign was an unforced error that cast a cloud over his entire presidency.