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Synonyms for blunder
Synonyms: Verb
boob [British], err, flub, fluff, foul up, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mess (up), screw up, slip up, stumble, trip
Synonyms: Noun
bobble, boo-boo, boob [British], brick, clanger [British], clinker, error, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip
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Examples of blunder in a Sentence
Verb
We blundered along through the woods until we finally found the trail. Another skier blundered into his path. The government blundered by not acting sooner.Noun
The accident was the result of a series of blunders. fixed a minor blunder in the advertising flyer
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The Post blundered, as the authors of the study on which Sanders based his claim point out. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, "Column: Medical bankruptcy is an American scandal — and that’s not debatable," 4 Sep. 2019 Like Trump before him, Biden just might blunder his way into the general election in spite of himself. — Jonathan S. Tobin, National Review, "Do Joe Biden’s Gaffes Still Matter in the Age of Trump?," 13 Aug. 2019 Together, the trends cast a harsh light on safety procedures and blundering responses to some incidents involving tourists, even in cases where the victims seem to have died from natural causes. — New York Times, "Crisis Hits Dominican Republic Over Deaths of U.S. Tourists," 23 June 2019 But without democracy, a succession of Hong Kong governments have blundered into political crises by underestimating or ignoring the public’s concerns — and each time, Beijing gets some of the blame. — Keith Bradsher, BostonGlobe.com, "How Hong Kong’s leader makes the biggest political retreat by China under Xi," 15 June 2019 But without democracy, a succession of Hong Kong governments have blundered into political crises by underestimating or ignoring the public’s concerns — and each time, Beijing gets some of the blame. — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, "How Hong Kong’s Leader Made the Biggest Political Retreat by China Under Xi," 15 June 2019 When not blundering on solutions, American leadership continues to ignore the crisis. — Zach Schermele, Teen Vogue, "Over the Last Decade, Wages Have Stayed the Same While the Cost of College Has Skyrocketed," 11 June 2019 But that feature could save you from blundering into a speed trap. — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, "Why the New Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 Is the Most Futuristic (Gas-Powered) Car on the Road," 21 Dec. 2018 Many thought the program had been unfairly seized upon as a distraction by conservative opponents of gun control, who preferred to focus on blundering by the district and the sheriff’s office. — David Fleshler, Washington Post, "Parents in Parkland, Fla., want more transparency from school officials," 13 May 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Biden has made other blunders recently that, in some quarters, have provoked questions about his age. — CBS News, "Joe Biden unapologetic after reportedly mistelling military story," 30 Aug. 2019 An early blunder crushed the Orlando Pride, with the team falling 2-1 on the road Saturday to the Washington Spirit. — Julia Poe, Pro Soccer USA, "Orlando Pride fall 2-1 to Washington Spirit in front of sold-out Audi Field crowd," 26 Aug. 2019 His piece, like all good investigative reporting, offers an incisive portrait of the miscalculations and blunders that ultimately led to such disastrous consequences. — Erin Overbey, The New Yorker, "Sunday Reading: The Power of Investigative Journalism," 25 Aug. 2019 An investigation by The New York Times, based on dozens of interviews and hundreds of pages of public records, reveals blunders at all levels of government in safeguarding Newark’s water infrastructure. — John Schwartz, New York Times, "Tainted Water, Ignored Warnings and a Boss With a Criminal Past," 24 Aug. 2019 An investigation by The New York Times, based on dozens of interviews and hundreds of pages of public records, reveals blunders at all levels of government in safeguarding Newark’s water infrastructure. — Nick Corasaniti, BostonGlobe.com, "Tainted water, ignored warnings, and a boss with a criminal past in Newark," 24 Aug. 2019 The Reds are still without first choice goalkeeper Alisson Becker through injury and will hope that last week’s blunder by stand-in keeper Adrian will not be repeated against one of the league's most dangerous attacks. — SI.com, "Jamie Carragher Predicts Liverpool Will Struggle Against Pace of Arsenal's Attack," 21 Aug. 2019 Gaffe-prone Democratic 2020 frontrunner Joe Biden reportedly added another factual blunder to his list Friday. — Fox News, "Joe Biden confuses Burlington, Iowa, with Burlington, Vt., in latest gaffe," 17 Aug. 2019 Roberts’s flub echoed Wolf’s blunder in misinterpreting a key term from Victorian England. — Karin Wulf, Twin Cities, "Karin Wulf: What Naomi Wolf and Cokie Roberts teach us about the need for historians," 13 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'blunder.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.