blundered
Made a mistake
Blundered is the past tense of blunder, meaning to make a serious mistake through carelessness or stupidity: He blundered when he sent the email to the wrong person.
It can also mean to move clumsily or stumble: She blundered into the furniture in the dark.
Lose footing momentarily
- tripPlanned travel somewhere
- falterLose momentum or steadiness
- flounderStruggle awkwardly, or seafood
- lurchAbrupt unsteady movement
stagger · bumble · fumble · grope · muddle · shamble · plod · totter
Wrong action or decision
- gaffeClumsy social error
- slipupUnintentional minor error
- flubClumsy error
- botchSpoil through incompetence
fiasco · debacle · misjudgment · miscalculation · faux pas · screwup · bungle · goof
Failure to exercise care
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- inattentionLack of focus
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
- omissionFailure to include
forgetfulness · heedlessness · inadvertence · laxity · neglect · thoughtlessness · recklessness · sloppiness
Lacking grace or ease
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- ineptLacking skill or competence
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
- maladroitLacking physical deftness
oafish · bumbling · ham-handed · heavy-handed · graceless · ungainly · klutzy · ham-fisted
stumble
Lose footing momentarily
lurch · stagger · bumble · fumble · grope · muddle · shamble · plod · totter · wobble
mistake
Wrong action or decision
botch · fiasco · debacle · misjudgment · miscalculation · faux pas · screwup · bungle · goof · blooper
negligence
Failure to exercise care
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- inattentionLack of focus
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
omission · forgetfulness · heedlessness · inadvertence · laxity · neglect · thoughtlessness · recklessness · sloppiness · hasty
awkward
Lacking grace or ease
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- ineptLacking skill or competence
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
maladroit · oafish · bumbling · ham-handed · heavy-handed · graceless · ungainly · klutzy · ham-fisted · cack-handed
- blundersmistakes, botch, errors, bungle, gaffes
- botchedbotched, bungled, messed up, screwed up, fouled up
- movement verbsgo, walk, run, move, walked
- off targetoff target, off-target, off the mark, wide of the mark, wide
blunderedsucceeded
Achieved desired outcome
accomplished · achieved · triumphed · prevailed · nailed it
blunderedcalculated
Figured out mathematically
planned · deliberated · strategized · plotted · schemed
- strategic blunderMajor error in planning
- grammatical blunderError in sentence construction
- social blunders
- speech blunderVerbal mistake made aloud
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