maunder
verb (used without object)
to talk in a rambling, foolish, or meaningless way.
maundering
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a word derived from
maunder.
Example Sentences
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Urgent financial woes are replaced by maundering romantic dramas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
About a hundred times more interesting than “Sad Sarah” with “her Solemn Notebook,” Karen brims with a fury that is as precise as Sarah’s emotional maundering is vague.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2019
In the process, “The Twice-Born” becomes a moving, if maundering, riff on what it means to be modern.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 30, 2019
Surely, Joan of Arc, that maundering Maid of Orleans, falls solidly into the category of fascinating, exemplary misfit.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2017
We put up a small handwritten notice at the newspaper office and made sure that old Backy Medlin, the gin’s most maundering gossip, knew what we were looking for.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
