blunder

4 definitions • 5 examples

a serious mistake, usually caused by not taking care or thinking:

He said that the tax was a major political blunder.

I made a blunder by getting his name wrong.

to move in an awkward way:

I could hear him blundering around in the darkness.

to make a serious mistake, usually because of not taking care or thinking:

Police blundered by not releasing more details about the case to focus public interest.

a big mistake, especially one resulting from a lack of care or thought:

His failure to respond immediately to the accusations was a major political blunder.