blunder

a fearful blunder; fearful poverty.

I blundered on in my explanation.

we were blundering around in the darkness.

capitalized on her adversary's blunder;

blundered into the room and fell;

He blundered through the dark forest.

He had innocently blundered into a private dispute.

He blundered his surprise at her winning the prize.

Without my glasses, I blundered into the wrong room.

The new manager blundered away most of the firm's profits.

At the examination he made several glaring blunders,and that did for him.

Australia punished Ireland's handling blunders and scored three tries.

a series of political blunders spoilt their chances of being re-elected.

He really blundered when he insulted the boss's wife.

Darwin himself said it: "What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horridly cruel works of nature.

Yet I know and you know people who blunder through life trying to wigwag other people into becoming interested in them.