blunderer

Example Sentences

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So the incident goes viral, a mishap that makes the man look like a petulant blunderer.

From Salon • May 5, 2023

Unruh was President John F. Kennedy’s “man in California” — not the governor, whom JFK considered a political blunderer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2021

Then there’s the revisionist one: Columbus was a blunderer who didn’t know what he was doing and just kind of happened onto the “New World.”

From Slate • Oct. 12, 2020

Their foul-ups are revisited, the field is winnowed, jokes are told and the No. 1 blunderer is chosen by the studio audience.

From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2016

A great uproar was raised, but he was unsuspected; while Dub, an awkward blunderer who was always getting caught, was punished for Buck’s misdeed.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London