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
As the Paltrow and Theron blunders prove, being “out of touch” clearly has its downsides.
Dear Charlize Theron and Gwyneth Paltrow: Googling Yourself Isn’t “Rape” or “War” | Marlow Stern | May 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow it is true that this bundle of blunders and errors does not constitute “participation”in genocide.
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Yes, France Is To Blame For Rwanda | Bernard-Henri Lévy | April 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNor will Hillary repeat the tactical blunders, disarray and mismanagement of her previous presidential effort.
Yes, Pundits, Hillary Has the 2016 Nomination in the Bag | Robert Shrum | February 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLike all Western interventionists, Byron made his share of miscalculations and blunders.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy | Michael Weiss | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn one of the biggest games of his career, Saban made one of the greatest blunders in big time college football history.
Alabama Coach Nick Saban’s Folly: Great Coaches Protect Their Players | Stuart Stevens | December 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
But in the campaign of 1814 he made amends for all his former blunders, and his fighting record stands high indeed.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonHis lack of experience led him into many blunders and mistakes, which gave trouble to his elder brother Peter.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyWhatever his own personal blunders, it was impossible for Joseph Addison to err in a point of literary judgment.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanHe was in a high state of excitement, seeming unaccountably younger and making fearful blunders in English.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonSuch blunders admit of no defence: for the facts at once demonstrate the impossibility of the assertion.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) | Polybius
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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