" unforced "

 [ "unforced error" ]

1: 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. ) In politics, a polite term for when someone ends up creating their own scandal through poor or tactless decision making.

  * e.g.,  ... ) Bobby Sands failing to make that save at Wimbledon was an unforced error. ) 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. 

 [ "unforced error" ]

1: ) In tennis, a missed shot due not to an opponent's skill but to the player's own mistakes and inattentiveness. ) In politics, a polite way of saying that someone has screwed up royally, creating a crisis not because of events out of their control but through their own tactless decisions.

  * e.g.,  ... ) Bobby Sands missing that shot at Wimbeldon was an unforced error. ) President Trump's declaration during the 2016 election that Mexican migrants are "bringing crime" and are "rapists" was an unforced error on his part which later complicated his attempts to strike a deal with Democrats on immigration reform.