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blundersome

adj

Etymology

From blunder + -some.

  1. derived from blunda — “to shut the eyes; doze”
  2. derived from blunden — “to stagger; stumble”
  3. derived from blonden
  4. derived from blondren
  5. inherited from blundren
  6. suffixed as blundersome — “blunder + some”

Definitions

  1. Apt or prone to cause blunders

    Apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.

    • The disciples were proud, blundersome, quick tempered, forgetful, easily provoked to jealousy, sensitive, and often given to discouragement; but Jesus never condemned or scolded them.
    • Laborious experiment to discover the facts about our environment is wearisome to all but a persistent few. Surely all this blundersome experimenting can be by-passed by some more direct route to the heart of nature?
    • He had serious doubts that the person behind it, which he assumed was Varik, would be so crass and blundersome if he wanted to seriously threaten Marcus' existence.

  2. Characterised or marked by blunders or mistakes

    Characterised or marked by blunders or mistakes; messed-up.

    • She could not scold the Idiot whatever blundersome thing he did; her compassion for him was limitless to encompass his lack of intelligence.
    • We open with the girl, born premature and blundersome (asthmatic, pigeon-toes, a crooked nose)—hardly the cynosure her genes could've produced.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA