blundering

blun·der (bl

A usually serious mistake typically caused by ignorance or confusion.

v. blun·dered, blun·der·ing, blun·ders

v.intr.

1. To move clumsily or blindly.

2. To make a usually serious mistake.

v.tr.

1. To make a stupid, usually serious error in; botch.

2. To utter (something) stupidly or thoughtlessly.

[From Middle English blunderen, to go blindly, perhaps from Old Swedish blundra, have one's eyes closed, from Old Norse blunda.]

blunder·er n.

blunder·ing·ly adv.

Synonyms: blunder, bumble¹, flounder¹, lumber², lurch¹, stumble
These verbs mean to move awkwardly or unsteadily: blundered about the dark room; flies bumbling against the screen; floundered up the muddy trail; a wagon lumbering along an unpaved road; twisted her ankle and lurched home; stumbled but regained his balance.

Translations

blundering [ˈblʌndərɪŋ]

A. ADJ [person] → torpe, que mete la pata; [words, act] → torpe

B. N → torpeza f

blundering

adj

person (= making mistakes) → schusselig (inf); (socially) → ohne jedes Feingefühl; blundering idiot → Erztrottel m (inf)

(= clumsy) → tollpatschig; reading → holp(e)rig

n → Schussligkeit f (inf); (socially) → gesellschaftliche Schnitzer pl

blundering [ˈblʌndərɪŋ] adj → imbranato/a
you blundering idiot! → razza d'imbranato!

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Bloomer
blooper
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blunder out
blurt out
boner
boo-boo
botch
bungle
faux pas
flub
foul-up
fuckup
fumble
gaffe
howler
misstep
pratfall
stumble

Some have felt that these blundering lives are due to the inconvenient indefiniteness with which the Supreme Power has fashioned the natures of women: if there were one level of feminine incompetence as strict as the ability to count three and no more, the social lot of women might be treated with scientific certitude.

Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context

Espied by some timid man-of-war or blundering discovery-vessel from afar, when the distance obscuring the swarming fowls, nevertheless still shows the white mass floating in the sun, and the white spray heaving high against it; straightway the whale's unharming corpse, with trembling fingers is set down in the log -- shoals, rocks, and breakers hereabouts: beware

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

if I'd known what mischief I was doing to that mighty delicate machine of mine, you wouldn't have caught me reading by firelight, or studying with a glare of sunshine on my book," said Mac, peering solemnly at a magnified eye-ball; then, pushing it away, he added indignantly, "Why isn't a fellow taught all about his works, and how to manage 'em, and not left to go blundering into all sorts of worries?

Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

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