blunder
A blundering tow-truck team took away the wrong car.
A blundering doctor gave her four times the proper dose of a drug.
He entered the room in a blundering, awkward way.
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accident-prone
adorkable
all thumbsidiom
amateurish
amateurishly
fumblingly
functional illiteracy
gauche
gauchely
gawkily
inexpertly
jack-of-all-trades
jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
klutzy
like a bull in a china shopidiom
uncoordinated
uneducable
unenterprising
unequal
ungainly
blundering
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈblʌn.də.rɪŋ/ us /ˈblʌn.dɚ.ɪŋ/
the act of making serious mistakes, usually because of not taking care: 粗心的(或愚蠢的)重大错误
His blundering affected many people.他的失误影响了很多人。
The political blundering of the new party leadership didn't last.新党领导层的政治失误并没有持续多久。
Seeblunder
The case was ruined by the blundering of the police.
It is your blundering that created this mess.
Their blundering is inexcusable.