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I . blun·der [ˈblʌndəʳ, Am -ɚ] N

II . blun·der [ˈblʌndəʳ, Am -ɚ] VB intr

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1. blunder (make a bad mistake):

blunder
einen groben Fehler [o. Schnitzer] machen [o. begehen]

2. blunder (act clumsily):

to blunder [about [or around]]
[herum]tappen
to blunder into sth fig inf
in etw acc hineinplatzen

3. blunder fig (talk clumsily):

to blunder about
herumstottern
to blunder about
herumstammeln

III . blun·der [ˈblʌndəʳ, Am -ɚ] VB trans

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1. blunder (do wrongly):

to blunder sth
bei etw dat einen groben Fehler machen
to blunder sth
etw verpatzen inf

2. blunder (say clumsily):

to blunder sth
etw stammeln
blunder
grober Fehler

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

monumental blunder
kolossaler Irrtum
to commit [or make] a blunder (by doing sth)
Mist bauen inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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She has a habit of making mistakes and blunders when she is nervous, despite being an extremely talented and hardworking servant.
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I blundered around a while and then found some guidance in feminist theory.
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Although he later referred to it as his greatest blunder, it may correspond to theories of dark energy.
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In retrospect, the first decision seems entirely natural, but the second decision was the worst blunder of my life.
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He must have blundered into a distribution operation, but there's no further sign of anything at that pub.
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At the tenth fence, the horse blundered badly and almost lost a complete chance in the race.
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The closure check guards against blunders in the operation, and allows residual error to be distributed in the most likely manner among the stations.
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Sometimes he blundered badly; often he oversimplified; yet he saw his goals clearly and moved toward them relentlessly.
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I made blunders, but this is only natural.
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Their inexperience causes them to blunder and allows the enemy to close with them in hand-to-hand combat.
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