| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A stupid, clumsy mistake: blunder, bull2, foozle, fumble, muff, stumble. Informal : blooper, boner. Slang : bloomer, goof. See CORRECT. | | VERB: | 1. To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess: ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff, spoil. Informal : bollix up, muck up. Slang : blow1, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu. Idioms: make a muck of. See CORRECT, HELP. 2. To proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner: blunder, bumble1, flounder, fudge, fumble, limp, muddle, shuffle, stagger, stumble. See THRIVE.
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