blunderer
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈblʌndərər/
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metepata
- You've done before alone what an army of blunderers can't do.
Examples
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Our faces turned even more sour, and we thanked the blunderer with sobering severity.
Fiction book (1996) -
TPTB now control pretty much all centers of power and use this control to encourage us to see them as just 'mistaken' -- blunderers.
Blog text (1) -
Why is he not reproached as a blunderer, worse, as a war criminal, as is GWB?
Blog text (22) -
Well, sometimes when a key doesn't quite fit... The problem is only that the king and queen of France... ...are complete blunderers.
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Even Stalin, the soft and romantic, comes out a dreadful blunderer.
Academic text (1999) -
You blundering blunderer!
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Minnie ignored the blunderers, dipping and sweeping above the keyboard as if enraptured.
Fiction book (1991) -
The BBC spin a few minutes ago has been, via adjacent reports, that Petraeus is a great rescuer of lost causes, Netanyahu a bit of a blunderer.
Blog text (25) -
You voted the Blunderer-in-Chief in the first time... that SOB would not even be in the Blight House if shortsighted, uninformed, sucker-for-a-good-speech people like you hadn't.
Blog text (19) -
After his latest presentation went wrong, Tom was labeled a habitual blunderer by his colleagues.
Synonyms
59
8.8
A person who behaves in a silly or careless way
22
7.0
A person who often makes mistakes in important situations
10
7.5
A person who does a job very badly
9
9.9
A person who often makes serious or careless mistakes
7
8.6
A person who often fails to do things well
7
9.5
A person who is foolish and makes silly mistakes
3
7.9
A person who is not good at a sport or other activity
2
8.3
A person who often makes mistakes and seems clumsy
2
9.9
A person who is often clumsy and makes mistakes
1
7.8
A person who often makes mistakes because they lack skill
1
9.9
A person who is clumsy and acts in a silly, awkward way
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9.2
A person who does a job badly because they are not skilled
1
9.9
A clumsy, broad way of solving a problem that tries many things at once
1
6.5
A person who often makes mistakes because they lack skill
1
7.5
A person who often makes mistakes because they lack skill
1
8.2
A person who causes confusion by making things more complicated
1
9.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
A person who does work in a careless or clumsy way
A person who acts very foolishly and cannot do simple tasks
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Etymology
The word blunderer comes from blunder, a word that once suggested doing things with your eyes shut or 'blindly'. Think of someone who stumbles and makes big, clumsy mistakes without looking, and you will remember why a blunderer is a person who often makes serious or awkward errors.