blundering

Example Sentences

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At the 1994 tournament in Linares, Spain, Mr. Kasparov—as the camera later showed—made a blundering move, let go of the piece, changed his mind and moved it back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

“It’s true that by blundering about we stumbled on gold, but the fact remains that we were looking for gold.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Naive, blundering hobbyists and reckless pranksters can also veer into restricted airspace, setting off alarms and potentially shutting down airport traffic.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

Steve Carell voiced Gru, the world’s foremost supervillain, who relies on his army of blundering helpers — something like evil Oompa-Loompas — to run his lair.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022

But I was pathetic, a blundering liability to my own team, always in the way of an opportune pass or unwittingly blocking an open lane.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini