How do you use Blunder in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like blooper or sin, plus the exact meaning.
Blunder in a sentence
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Blunder meaning
- A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
- A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.
- Confusion; bewilderment; trouble; disturbance; clamour.
Synonyms of Blunder
Blunder vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Blunder
- The main meaning on this page is: A clumsy or embarrassing mistake. | A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight. | Confusion; bewilderment; trouble; disturbance; clamour.
- Useful related words include: blooper, sin, fault, error.
- Possible Dutch translations are: blunderen, een flater slaan, een bok schieten.
- In the example corpus, blunder often appears in combinations such as: the blunder, blunder that, blunder and.
Context around Blunder
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blunder
- In this selection, "blunder" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, language, administrative, political, holly, came and lorraine stand out and add context to how "blunder" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about their blunder on tiktok and an administrative blunder that saw. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blunder" sits close to words such as accomplices, als and antioch, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blunder
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I wouldn't call it a blunder. (7 words)
Has Anthony Albanese repeated a well known political blunder? (9 words)
But it was Sarah’s blunder that left Bradley Walsh in shock. (12 words)
Kevin Shattenkirk, who succumbed to a bad bounce that led directly to New York’s second marker, bounced back from his earlier blunder to deliver a nifty no-look feed to Pastrnak and a quick slap pass to van Riemsdyk for Boston’s first two equalizers. (46 words)
It’s the sort of blunder that’s telegraphed from the opening scene where Adam has his very first sip of beer, but it is still a fascinating choice, as it technically doesn’t break any of the rules Mike detailed. (41 words)
Following his appearance on Monday's show, Holly and Ben were seen together in a video on This Morning's Instagram page and it showed them recalling a blunder Holly made during their last hosting appearance together. (37 words)
Has Anthony Albanese repeated a well known political blunder? (9 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although the pair forked out £190 for five nights in the hostel, they found humour in the situation and posted about their blunder on TikTok.
A Welsh language blunder on a sign at a North Wales hospital has caused amusement on Facebook.
Bank of Ireland has told customers that the money withdrawn during the blunder will be debited.
Barclays' annual profit fell 15 per cent last year, as costs from an administrative blunder that saw it oversell securities in the US compounded a mixed performance by its investment banking division.
Blunder was the beginning of the end of the mcu, cause it was so bad and it was allowed, dogshit bad.
But it was Sarah’s blunder that left Bradley Walsh in shock.
Council chiefs have apologised for the blunder, with six modular classrooms to be introduced at the site over the summer break.
Following his appearance on Monday's show, Holly and Ben were seen together in a video on This Morning's Instagram page and it showed them recalling a blunder Holly made during their last hosting appearance together.
Has Anthony Albanese repeated a well known political blunder?
His greatest blunder, however, is when he filled in for Padme in the Senate in Episode 2: Attack of the Clones, and granted then-Chancellor Palpatine emergency powers, furthering his agenda to overthrow the Republic.
In the last few seconds of her video, she realised her blunder and said: "Wait, I totally and utterly forgot to shave".
It’s just a matter of time until the perpetrator makes some sort of blunder and gets busted – or maybe even shows themselves to Paulina for a final showdown.
It’s the sort of blunder that’s telegraphed from the opening scene where Adam has his very first sip of beer, but it is still a fascinating choice, as it technically doesn’t break any of the rules Mike detailed.
I’ve decided it’s hypocritical to worry about declining insect numbers – and murder the fat flies that blunder into my office then smash themselves repeatedly against the window.
I wouldn't call it a blunder.
Kevin Shattenkirk, who succumbed to a bad bounce that led directly to New York’s second marker, bounced back from his earlier blunder to deliver a nifty no-look feed to Pastrnak and a quick slap pass to van Riemsdyk for Boston’s first two equalizers.
Local residents Mary and Christopher Scott hit out at the parking space blunder, with Mr Scott saying: "It’s quite ridiculous.
Ms O'Neil's blunder came after WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch spoke on Perth radio about the lack of tracking.
Neither De Moura nor the MGI has issued a statement about this national flag blunder.
Realising her blunder, Lorraine was immediately embarrassed and apologised profusely for the error.
Common combinations with blunder
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the blunder 22×
- blunder that 12×
- blunder and 10×
- blunder in 8×
- blunder by 8×
- blunder on 7×
- it blunder 6×
- blunder but 6×
- blunder as 5×
- blunder the 5×