blunder
a gross, stupid, or careless mistake: That's your second blunder this morning.
to move or act blindly, stupidly, or without direction or steady guidance: Without my glasses I blundered into the wrong room.
to make a gross or stupid mistake, especially through carelessness or mental confusion: Just pray that he doesn't blunder again and get the names wrong.
to bungle; botch: Several of the accounts were blundered by that new assistant.
to utter thoughtlessly; blurt out: He blundered his surprise at their winning the award.
Origin of blunder
1synonym study For blunder
Other words for blunder
Other words from blunder
- blun·der·er, noun
- blun·der·ing·ly, adverb
- non·blun·der·ing, adjective, noun
- non·blun·der·ing·ly, adverb
- outblunder, verb (used with object)
- su·per·blun·der, noun
- un·blun·der·ing, adjective
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How to use blunder in a sentence
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“The rape question was a tremendous blunder,” Doar later observed.
Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights Era | Gary May | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut that the CNN-John King blunder even happened is a cause for alarm.
‘Newsroom’ Premiere: Aaron Sorkin Puts CNN on Blast Over the Boston Bombing | Kevin Fallon | November 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe said the desperate, unplanned rush north was “the biggest blunder of the campaign.”
Anarchy for the U.K.? British Leaders Panicking Over Scottish Vote for Independence | Nico Hines | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI tried a half-dozen other representatives, none who could remedy the blunder, all who cited different reasons for the occurrence.
Above all, this is not the time to blunder into horrendous religious and civil wars with direct and extensive U.S. military force.
I must make no mistake, and blunder into a national type of features, all wrong; if I make your mask, it must do us credit.
Checkmate | Joseph Sheridan Le FanuSo far, so good; but, in another quarter, Allcraft suddenly discovered that he had committed an egregious blunder.
By some extraordinary blunder of the commissariat the 32d had set forth that morning without breaking their fast.
The Red Year | Louis TracyHis gay debonair manner and his ready apology for his own blunder pleased Mrs. Calvert.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondThe insertion of whyte in l. 905, in the existing authorities, is surely a blunder, and I therefore have omitted it.
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British Dictionary definitions for blunder
/ (ˈblʌndə) /
a stupid or clumsy mistake
a foolish tactless remark
to make stupid or clumsy mistakes
to make foolish tactless remarks
(often foll by about, into, etc) to act clumsily; stumble: he blundered into a situation he knew nothing about
(tr) to mismanage; botch
Origin of blunder
1Derived forms of blunder
- blunderer, noun
- blundering, noun, adjective
- blunderingly, adverb
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