Blunders Definition & Meaning

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Noun

error, mistake, blunder, slip, lapse mean a departure from what is true, right, or proper. error suggests the existence of a standard or guide and a straying from the right course through failure to make effective use of this. procedural errors mistake implies misconception or inadvertence and usually expresses less criticism than error. dialed the wrong number by mistake blunder regularly imputes stupidity or ignorance as a cause and connotes some degree of blame. diplomatic blunders slip stresses inadvertence or accident and applies especially to trivial but embarrassing mistakes. a slip of the tongue lapse stresses forgetfulness, weakness, or inattention as a cause. a lapse in judgment

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

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb And in some of the criticism there was a sense Republicans were playing into the conservative media trope that Biden is old, is not in full control and could blunder the US into a war. — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 28 Mar. 2022 Special teams blunder aside, Kevin Stefanski and the Browns offense squandered two potential go-ahead opportunities. — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2021 But what dollar hawks didn't calculate was that the U.S. would jump out to such a huge lead in vaccinating Americans, while its biggest trading partners in Asia and the eurozone would blunder along. — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 5 May 2021 The soil is full of pathogenic fungi just waiting for a nice juicy fire ant to blunder into them. — Jennifer Frazer, Scientific American, 21 Nov. 2020 The only points for Leach and Mississippi State during the 24-2 loss to Kentucky came on a Wildcats special teams blunder that resulted in a safety. — Matt Zenitz | Mzenitz@al.com, al, 13 Oct. 2020 Ant death spirals break only when enough workers accidentally blunder away, creating trails that lead the spiraling workers to safety. — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2020 Yearling black bears blunder over the asphalt in search of their own territories. — Ben Goldfarb, The Atlantic, 6 July 2020 Some pointed to other calls Goldman strategists blundered in the past, while others said Wall Street banks were too slow to catch onto the trend. — Vildana Hajric, Bloomberg.com, 27 May 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Experts say the expansion will be evidence of yet another strategic blunder on Russia's part. — Byguy Davies Andines De La Cuetara, ABC News, 12 May 2022 The blunder was spotted by 9to5Mac digging through the source code of Apple's new iOS 15.5 beta release. — Gordon Kelly, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2022 Scotty David's defense lawyer Todd Spodek told Fox News Digital that his client taped the interview Jan. 4 – long before he was hauled into court over the blunder. — Fox News, 1 Apr. 2022 The site then reverted the figure to 0 minutes, but the blunder leaked. — Chris Smith, BGR, 27 Mar. 2022 Easing Venezuelan sanctions would be a strategic blunder that provides a financial lifeline to Mr. Maduro while doing little to ease the oil price spike. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022 Biden continues to believe the pipeline, called Nord Stream 2, represents a strategic blunder for Germany, and that once completed, will give Russia too much influence over Germany’s energy supply. — Time, 15 June 2021 His greatest blunder was blocking regulation of derivatives in the 1990s, a mistake that gives him some ownership of the Great Recession, the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2022 The Biden Administration has done a decent rear-guard job of mobilizing Europe and NATO in opposition to Russia’s designs on Ukraine—despite his blunder in dropping Nord Stream 2 sanctions. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 13 Feb. 2022 See More

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