blunder
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3.0
- noun
- /ˈblʌndər/
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error
- I'm embarrassed to admit that I made a blunder during the meeting that confused everyone.
- make a blunder
- a serious blunder
- commit a blunder
So the Americans made very serious blunders in the first decade of this century.
- So the Americans made very serious blunders in the first decade of this century.
- They said there's a lot of blunders at the hospital.
- He was right in saying that Mother Nature didn't make a blunder.
- So tell us about Einstein's biggest blunder.
- It's a it's an historic government blunder.
- Perhaps Wallace Shawn was right in The Princess Bride when he said the number one classic blunder was never wage a land war in Asia.
- A schoolmaster who scolds a boy about his slate and pencil but doesn't hear his blunders in grammar and diction.
- And if you look in the literature or the writing about it, people say, well, Einstein called it his greatest blunder.
- So I get to see the best of everybody else's life while I watch mine unfold from a front row seat that gets to see all of my blunders, all of them.
- And I think some of the huge blunders that that Biden has made that have hurt the US standing like Afghanistan and whatnot, I, I'm pretty sure would not have gone down the way they did.
Examples
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Not to put too fine a point on it, Inspector, but your latest blunder is front page news.
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It was a blunder of epic proportions.
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That was quite the blunder on your part, would you say?
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You committed a blunder yesterday.
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What a stupid blunder for them to make giving us both the same suite.
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I mean, that was like the most enormous strategic blunder from my point of view.
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The episode was widely reported as a blunder; but at worst, the original calculation was simply incomplete.
Academic text (1998) -
So the Americans made very serious blunders in the first decade of this century.
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The end result is certainly one of the major regulatory blunders in US history.
Academic text (2000) -
It's a tragic blunder.
Synonyms
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1.0
A wrong action or decision
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8.2
A silly or embarrassing mistake
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3.3
A mistake that happens when someone confuses one thing with another
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7.7
A remark or action made by accident that is embarrassing
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3.5
A small mistake that causes embarrassment
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5.3
A small wrong action that causes embarrassment or harm to people's trust
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6.1
A careless mistake that causes problems or embarrassment
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6.5
A problem that happens because of a big mistake and spoils plans
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6.1
An embarrassing mistake that happens in public or during a show
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3.7
A small careless mistake you make by accident
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8.8
An embarrassing act or remark that upsets people in social situations
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3.4
A small mistake that is often embarrassing
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7.7
An embarrassing mistake made when someone is careless or nervous
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7.2
A small mistake or little injury described in a childlike way
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7.7
A serious, embarrassing mistake often caused by confusion or poor planning
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9.9
A serious or embarrassing mistake that causes problems
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7.7
A small unintentional mistake when speaking, writing, or performing an action
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2.8
A careless, foolish error that causes problems
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6.5
A careless mistake that shows a lack of skill
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7.6
An embarrassing mistake that happens because of bad or careless work
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7.2
An obvious embarrassing mistake that makes people laugh
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6.7
An embarrassing mistake that shows you were careless
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9.6
A serious mistake that happens because of confusion or poor planning
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5.6
A big mistake that causes serious problems
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8.5
A big embarrassing mistake that other people notice
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8.7
An embarrassing mistake someone makes in public
A short embarrassing mistake you make
A small mistake that causes embarrassment or trouble
A foolish mistake made without thinking that causes trouble
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Etymology
Blunder as a noun comes from the same old word blunda 'to shut the eyes', which gave the idea of doing something without seeing clearly. Think of an embarrassing mistake as if it happened while you were working with your eyes closed, and that helps explain why a blunder is a careless or embarrassing error.