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
Loewe recounts his tales in maundering fashion, spurred on by an interlocutor, a woman whose identity is gradually revealed.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2018
I used to resent it when my mother would forget I was an adult, but I’m approaching the maundering phase myself, digging out the yellowing baby pictures, mooning over locks of hair.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
