as in butcher
someone who bungles an effort leave it to that blunderbuss to bungle a job that a child could do

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Recent Examples of blunderbuss As a result, all polls (even those with glittering brand names) should be regarded as closer to a blunderbuss than a sharpshooter’s rifle. Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2022 The Agojie’s divisions consisted of five branches: blunderbuss or artillery women, elephant hunters, musketeers, razor women, and archers. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2022 Cover Stories reporter Patrick O’Driscoll once tried to sell an idea on bear hunting by bursting into a meeting in a bear suit while a reporter with a toy blunderbuss chased him around the conference table. USA Today, 14 Sep. 2022 Adding a novel tariff blunderbuss is not likely to make the situation better. Timothy Fitzgerald, National Review, 22 Apr. 2021 See All Example Sentences for blunderbuss

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“Blunderbuss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blunderbuss. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.

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