bumbling
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7.3
- adjective
- /ˈbʌmblɪŋ/
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- The Taurus was a suburban everyman's car, and Clark Griswold was a spectacularly bumbling, clueless suburban everyman.
- a bumbling idiot
- a bumbling fool
- a bumbling detective
Either they are bumbling idiots or they are diabolically clever.
- Either they are bumbling idiots or they are diabolically clever.
- And I say, well, would you rather your teacher be a bumbling idiot?
- I would put that in the category of bumbling but relatively innocent faculty behaviour.
- And, you know, to the bumbling idiots who bring bring about darkness and mess things up.
- Now to the bumbling idiots and morons who don't understand strategy, they might think that this was a flip flop, a change of direction, FOMO, a clown move.
Examples
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I don't wanna be this awkward, bumbling, nervous guy with her.
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On most days, he's a bumbling rich kid who's trying REALLY hard to be President of the United States.
Blog text (1) -
Does the Prime Minister agree with a bumbling Foreign Secretary who is making the United Kingdom a laughing stock?
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Do you think I should just be a bumbling idiot?
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What a bunch of bumbling idiots they were at times.
Blog text (17) -
And he comes across just so bumbling and naive.
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I can't wait until the next bumbling idiot makes his move.
Blog text (25) -
Marvin is a bumbling wreck, trying to save this one.
Fiction book (1991) -
Naturally, she ends up falling in love with Albert, a bumbling, boring ornithologist.
Blog text (14) -
The bumbling waiter kept dropping plates, much to the customers' amusement.
Synonyms
73
1.2
Moving in an awkward, unsteady way that causes accidents
49
5.0
Not good at something and often clumsy
33
3.0
Not graceful in movement or action
6
4.8
Not able to move with control so movements look clumsy
5
8.6
Clumsy and not good with their hands
3
8.3
Not careful and clumsy when using hands or doing tasks
1
9.3
Awkward and not good at handling people or situations
1
6.8
Clumsy and not skilled, often making mistakes
1
6.3
Clumsy when using the hands, often dropping or breaking things
1
9.9
Seems clumsy and awkward in movement, often like someone new at sea
Doing things in an awkward, clumsy way
Someone who often drops things with their hands
Not good with your hands and clumsy
Very awkward and unsteady in a way that looks funny
Antonyms
How Clumsy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bumbling comes from the verb bumble, a sound word that suggests 'to buzz', as in the familiar bumblebee. So a bumbling person moves or speaks in a clumsy, confused way, like a buzzing bee doing a job badly.