blunder
IPA: bɫˈʌndɝ
noun
- A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
- (chess) A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.
verb
- (intransitive) To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.
- (intransitive) To move blindly or clumsily.
- (transitive) To cause to make a mistake.
- (transitive) To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
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Examples of "blunder" in Sentences
- Home Office says sorry to suspects for ricin blunder
- Since I value critical thinking, I spotted the blunder from the start.
- Sometimes the blunder is not discovered until the homeowner tries to sell the property.
- But Bild am Sonntag later said Roesler had withdrawn the word "blunder" and replaced it with "misunderstanding."
- If we want to share with somebody, we might say ‘mi casa es su casa’; many of us live in a cul de sac and a social blunder is known as a faux pas.
- Ric Holden commented to a Board which he felt which Dave was in blunder by not giving Ron Pisk, of Stockman Bank, a prepared bill from a Jun meeting.
- The Dems thought that he was better than Senator Clinton and hijacked their own primaries to deliver the worst one term blunder to the unsuspecting American spectators ....
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