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   blunder

   /ˈblʌndə/

   noun

   • 1. a stupid or careless mistake: "she stopped, finally aware of the terrible blunder she had made"

   verb

   • 1. make a stupid or careless mistake; act or speak clumsily: "he knew he'd blundered" Similar make a mistakebe mistakenerrbe in errormisjudgemiscalculatebungletrip upbe wrongget something wrongbe wide of the markinformal:slip upscrew upblow itfoul upgoofput one's foot in itmake a boo-boovulgar slang:fuck upbugger updrop a brickboob
   • ▪ move clumsily or as if unable to see: "we were blundering around in the darkness" Similar stumblelurchstaggerfalterfloundermuddlestrugglefumblegrope

   Word Origin Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to blind.

   Derivatives

   • 1. blunderer noun

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