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# blunder

«blunder» in Mova's school dictionary: **a clumsy mistake** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (blunders); verb (blunders, blundered, blundering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A blunder is a clumsy mistake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blunder/#m1)

2) To blunder is to make a clumsy mistake, or to move about in a clumsy, careless way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blunder/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales, a blunder is a silly slip that spoils a plan; a blundering beast is a clumsy, careless creature

### examples

- Don't make a blunder with the money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blunder/#x1)
- I blundered and spilled the milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blunder/#x2)
- The clumsy camel blundered into the tent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blunder/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «blunder» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blunder/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.