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blunderland en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈblʌndəˌlænd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈblʌndɚˌlænd/ (US)

Etymology

Blend of blunder + wonderland.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, humorous) Something that does not live up to the name wonderland; a place where things go wrong.
    • This is how we have treated the training of the spirit of inquisitiveness, leading our future on novel paths, but leading to a 'blunderland'. 1998, Architecture + Design:
    • But by the end of her academic life, unlike Alice, she felt more in a blunderland; a consequence she said of the overall degradation of the environment. 2021 April 22, Anu Kapur, Life as a Geographer in India, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 1988:

Forms

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blunderlands Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

winter blunderland