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Blundering

[bluhn-der]

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noun

a gross, stupid, or careless mistake: That's your second blunder this morning.

verb (used without object)

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.

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verb (used with object)

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:
1350–1400; Middle English blunderen, blondren, (v.) < Old Norse blunda shut one's eyes, nap; compare Norwegian dialect blundra

Related forms

blun·der·er, noun

blun·der·ing·ly, adverb

non·blun·der·ing, adjective, noun

non·blun·der·ing·ly, adverb

out·blun·der, verb (used with object)

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su·per·blun·der, noun

un·blun·der·ing, adjective

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Synonyms
1. error. See mistake.

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blunder (ˈblʌndə)

—n
1.	a stupid or clumsy mistake
2.	a foolish tactless remark

—vb (often foll by about, into, etc)
3.	to make stupid or clumsy mistakes
4.	to make foolish tactless remarks
5.	to act clumsily; stumble: he blundered into a situation he knew nothing about
6.	(tr) to mismanage; botch

[C14: of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse blunda to close one's eyes, Norwegian dialect blundra; see blind]

'blunderer

—n

'blundering

—n, —*adj*

'blunderingly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

blunder

mid-14c., "to stumble around blindly," from O.N. blundra "shut one's eyes," from PIE base *bhlendh- (see blind). Meaning "make a stupid mistake" is first recorded 1711.

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blundering

mid-14c., from blunder (q.v.).

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"Some have felt that these blundering lives are due to the inconvenient indefiniteness with which the Supreme Power has fashioned the natures of women: if there were one level of feminine incompetence as strict as the ability to count three and no more, the social lot of women might be treated with scientific certitude. Meanwhile the indefiniteness remains, and the limits of variation are really much wider than any one would imagine from the sameness of women's coiffure and the favourite love stories in prose and verse."

-George Eliot

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