maundering 1 of 3

as in rambling
passing from one topic to another a long, maundering conversation about what was wrong with the world and how he could fix it

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maundering

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verb

present participle of maunder
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maundering

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noun

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Adjective
  • The videos, which depict handwritten journals and a display of high-powered weaponry, paint a portrait of a person with a rambling and deeply nihilistic outlook, according to analyses by law enforcement and ABC News.
    Megan Forrester, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2025
  • There’s nothing worse than a long, rambling story that’s resolved in an only-mildly humorous ending.
    Jay Sullivan, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The three of them, dressed in flip-flops and T-shirts, were wandering the streets downtown when a woman in a minivan pulled over to offer them a ride.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The strangers spend the day wandering down the movie's eponymous street while a vibrant chemistry blossoms between them.
    Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For anyone who haven’t heard about NuPhy’s GhostBar, this is how the company’s designers stop the larger keys from rattling and sounding cheap and hollow.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Dialogue stays crisp for late-night Netflix, and game audio feels punchy without rattling the shelves.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nah — not very long later, Tony is referencing his Bond obsession, complaining about the generic name of the secret drone-control computer program everyone is battling for here.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
  • But everybody was complaining and asking for a hot one.
    Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The herd roaming the Gila Wilderness, however, is expected to be hunted in 1970 and 1971.
    Tim Kelly, Outdoor Life, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Katie Wiseman Many Hoosiers were surprised last month to learn that armadillos can be spotted roaming around southern Indiana.
    Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • A couple climbed through a sunroof to rescue a 22-month-old screaming child left alone in a hot car, Massachusetts police said.
    Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Kristen raced to the school and found a cop waiting for her as well as firetrucks and an ambulance, where her son was inside screaming.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.
    Rosa Escandon, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
  • She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.
    Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The org chart becomes clearer as the season progresses, but that also involves both Ken and Esmeralda’s subplots drifting away from the main action.
    Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • If yields are simply drifting higher, then buyers do tend to step in, said Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Maundering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maundering. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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