as in butcher
someone who bungles an effort
leave it to that blunderbuss to bungle a job that a child could do
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Recent Examples of blunderbuss
Now comes President Donald Trump with his blunderbuss actions that weaken or threaten to weaken the press across the board, perplexing us all who are paying attention.
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Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Cost cutting ‘blunderbuss’ DOGE is part of a long line of presidential efforts to take an ax to the administrative state.
—Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Colman is Edith Swan, a middle-aged church lady who still lives with her blunderbuss of a father (Timothy Spall) and mild-mannered mother (Gemma Jones) in a working-class neighborhood of Littlehampton.
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
The State Department, in its blunderbuss way, wanted to open up a kind of détente with the citizens of Communist Eastern Europe.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2023
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Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
Cost cutting ‘blunderbuss’ DOGE is part of a long line of presidential efforts to take an ax to the administrative state.
—Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Colman is Edith Swan, a middle-aged church lady who still lives with her blunderbuss of a father (Timothy Spall) and mild-mannered mother (Gemma Jones) in a working-class neighborhood of Littlehampton.
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
The State Department, in its blunderbuss way, wanted to open up a kind of détente with the citizens of Communist Eastern Europe.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blunderbuss
butcher
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There’s an Argentine market and butcher shop in the Valley that is now called Mercado Buenos Aires.—
Steve Knopper,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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For her part, Cherry, a real estate agent and the daughter of a butcher, is determined to cling to her new lover.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Blunderbuss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blunderbuss. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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