blunder
Example Sentences
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That he didn’t follow through makes issuing the threat, to begin with, a huge strategic blunder.
From Slate • Apr. 8, 2026
Maybe not switching sooner was a blunder, but you are on the right track to correcting that.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026
The best picture blunder has kept “Moonlight” and “La La Land” under the microscope for nine years now, and made the incident the blueprint for each ensuing Oscar season’s inevitable drama.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026
Some might call the stalemate and the passion and the thud and blunder compelling, but you have low expectations if that's the case.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
And then there is “faux pas,” which is an embarrassing blunder or lapse of good manners.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing blunder
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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English Words Derived from Old Norse
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