āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to blunder
01
āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to commit an embarrassing and serious mistake out of carelessness or stupidity
Intransitive
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She blundered during the presentation by forgetting key points.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ˛ āĻĒāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž, āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§
to say something in a careless, foolish, or confused way
Transitive: to blunder a remark
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Forgetting the key slides, he blundered the entire presentation.
āĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻĄāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻž, āĻ āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĢā§āĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to move awkwardly or without clear direction
Intransitive: to blunder somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He blundered into the dark room, knocking over a chair.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻšā§āĻāĻāĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
Blunder
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His blunder during the presentation was embarrassing and noticeable to everyone.
āĻāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻ˛, āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ
a serious tactical or positional mistake that results in a significant disadvantage or loss of material, often leading to a loss of the game
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
