| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To muff, dub or slouch.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To trip or stumble. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To slip or lapse. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To mistake, fault, err or bobble. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To bungle or botch.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Present participle conjugation of the verb blunder.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (blunder) | 1. Make one's way clumsily or blindly.[Wordnet]. 2. Utter impulsively; "He blundered his stupid ideas".[Wordnet]. 3. Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview".[Wordnet]. 4. To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription.[Websters]. 5. To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and stumble.[Websters]. 6. To cause to blunder.[Websters]. 7. To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: blundering, blundered, blunders, blunderer, blunderers, blunderingly and blunderedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Characterized by blunders.[Websters]
2. Being clumsy, awkward, maladroit, gawky or ungainly. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being gauche, tactless, impolitic or inconsiderate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being inexpert. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being inept or inapt. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being cracking or gaping. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being inane, obtuse or stupid. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being crass or gross. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being unwieldy, lumpish, elephantine or ponderous. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Being loutish, uncivilized, impolite or plump.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BLUNDERING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Specialty Definition: BLUNDERING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Moving or acting with blind precipitance; mistaking grossly; stumbling.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] The act of making a blunder. The captain's blunderings led to the loss of the ship. (references) | 2: [Verb] Present participle of to blunder. (references) | |
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Common Expressions: blunder
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Blunder out | Utter impulsively. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Hopetoun Blunder | The Hopetoun Blunder was a political and constitutional crisis immediately prior to the Federation of the British colonies in Australia. (references) | ||
| The Blunder Years | The Blunder Years is an episode from The Simpsons 13th season. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: blunder | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Blunder | 113 | A Frightful Blunder | 5 | |
| Blunder (chess) | 92 | Blunder | 113 | |
| The Blunder Years | 11 | Blunder (chess) | 92 | |
| Blunder (TV series) | 9 | Blunder (TV series) | 9 | |
| Brand blunder | 8 | Blunder Boys | 7 | |
| Draft blunder | 7 | Brand blunder | 8 | |
| Blunder Boys | 7 | Draft blunder | 7 | |
| Himalayan Blunder | 6 | Himalayan Blunder | 6 | |
| A Frightful Blunder | 5 | Hopetoun Blunder | 5 | |
| Hopetoun Blunder | 5 | The Blunder Years | 11 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
