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Adjective

Making or characterized by stupid or careless mistakes

Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully

Showing no intelligence or sensitivity

Expressed, done, or acting without proper consideration of the consequences

Mistaken

Behaving in a manner that is socially awkward

Noun

Faulty, inefficient or improper management or administration, especially by a government body

Verb

To move without the benefit of perfect vision

Present participle for to make stupid or clumsy mistakes

Present participle for move clumsily or as if unable to see

Present participle for make an incorrect estimate of

Present participle for to fail to fulfill the hopes or expectations of

Present participle for to fail to discharge properly

Present participle for talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants

Present participle for lose control emotionally

Present participle for to not be able to experience or take advantage of (an opportunity or chance)

Present participle for to cause disarray or disorganization in the order of

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Adjective

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Making or characterized by stupid or careless mistakes

like a bull in a china shop

all fingers and thumbs

having two left hands

laboured^UK

labored^US

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“The government's blundering attempts to control the stock market.”

Adjective

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Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully

leaving much to be desired

unable to do something for toffee

all fingers and thumbs

labouring^UK

laboring^US

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Adjective

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Showing no intelligence or sensitivity

dead from the neck up

as thick as two short planks

thick-skulled

dunce-like

fat-headed

not the full shilling

devoid of intelligence

thick as two short planks

a brick short of a load

wet behind the ears

two sandwiches short of a picnic

in the wrong direction

lagging

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Adjective

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Expressed, done, or acting without proper consideration of the consequences

wrapped up in oneself

looking after number one

out for what one can get

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

ill-humored^US

politically incorrect

speaking as one finds

calling a spade a spade

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Adjective

Mistaken

off straight and narrow

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Adjective

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Behaving in a manner that is socially awkward

Noun

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Faulty, inefficient or improper management or administration, especially by a government body

offense^US

offence^UK

pummelling^UK

pummeled^US

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“One of the most important things will be to stop the two countries from blundering into conventional conflict without realising the risk.”

Verb

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To move without the benefit of perfect vision

Verb

Present participle for to make stupid or clumsy mistakes

getting something wrong

putting your foot in it

getting the wrong end of the stick

putting your foot in your mouth

getting the wrong idea

confounding

making a pig's ear of

making a hash of something

doing something badly

blotting your copybook

snarling up

barking up the wrong tree

making a dog's dinner of

putting a wrong interpretation on

getting the wrong impression

getting hold of the wrong end of the stick

getting someone wrong

taking something the wrong way

receiving a false impression

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“Of course, he has blundered on a couple of occasions this season and, at times, they have been costly.”

Verb

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Present participle for move clumsily or as if unable to see

laboring^US

labouring^UK

walking with difficulty

making one's way with difficulty

ploughing^UK

plowing^US

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“There are also complicated reasons why societies blunder into these mistakes.”

Verb

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Present participle for make an incorrect estimate of

getting signals crossed

getting something wrong

making a mistake about

getting the wrong idea about

getting the wrong end of the stick about

getting the wrong idea

jumping to the wrong conclusion about

coming to hasty conclusion

barking up wrong tree

putting foot in

getting the wrong impression

doing someone an injustice

putting a wrong interpretation on

having wrong impression

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Present participle for to fail to fulfill the hopes or expectations of

falling short of expectations

not coming up to scratch

falling flat on your face

hitting rock bottom

meeting with disaster

falling by the wayside

hitting the skids

not passing

going down like a lead balloon

coming to grief

running aground

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Present participle for to fail to discharge properly

meeting with disaster

coming apart at the seams

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Present participle for talk with continued involuntary repetition of sounds, especially initial consonants

tripping over your tongue

Verb

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Present participle for lose control emotionally

Verb

Present participle for to not be able to experience or take advantage of (an opportunity or chance)

Verb

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Present participle for to cause disarray or disorganization in the order of

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