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blundersome

blundersome adjective: apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.

Adjective

blundersome (comparative more blundersome, superlative most blundersome)

  1. 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.2007, Edward John Carnell, A Philosophy of the Christian Religion - Page 436
    • 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?2014, Eric Temple Bell, The Magic of Numbers - Page 76
  2. 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.1992, Byron Herbert Reece, Better a Dinner of Herbs - Page 181
    • We open with the girl, born premature and blundersome (asthmatic, pigeon-toes, a crooked nose)—hardly the cynosure her genes could've produced.2011, Caki Wilkinson, Circles where the Head Should be: Poems - Page 21
    Synonyms:
    blundery

Synonyms of blundersome

Forms of blundersome

comparativemore blundersome
superlativemost blundersome

Origin of blundersome

From blunder + -some.

Questions about blundersome

What does blundersome mean?
Blundersome means apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.
What part of speech is blundersome?
Blundersome is an adjective.

Words near blundersome in the dictionary

  1. blunderland
  2. blunderlands
  3. blunderous
  4. blunderously
  5. blunders
  6. blundersome
  7. blundery
  8. Blundeston
  9. Blundstone
  10. Blundstones
  11. Blundy

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