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Definitions for bumbling
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Princeton's WordNet
bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handedadjective
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
"a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
Wiktionary
bumblingnoun
An act of bumbling, a mistake or error especially through clumsiness.
ChatGPT
bumbling
Bumbling refers to acting or behaving in an inept, clumsy, awkward or confused manner, often characterized by making mistakes. It is associated with ineffectiveness and lack of efficiency or precision.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bumbling in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bumbling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of bumbling in a Sentence
The (original) concept was the Shrek character was a little bit more like Chris, like a humble, bumbling innocent guy.
We're not quite so bumbling and hopeless as you like to think.
Kansas University David Frayer:
Neanderthals are often thought of to be simple-minded mumbling, bumbling, stumbling fools, but the more we know about them the more sophisticated they've become.
A lot of people ... say he's a bumbling fool. But he's not. He's smart enough, but does he have the world view or the perspective to run the country? I doubt it.
He also doesn’t want to be portrayed as the bumbling cop who had evidence here and did not do anything with it, he did ask what he should do with that knife.
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