Dictionary

bumbling en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent or inept; showing little or no skill.
   • The purpose of sharing these accounts – particularly during Women’s History Month – is to show that women, like men, can grow from bumbling neophytes to competent leaders. 2019 March 17, Swanee Hunt, “My career: From bumbling neophyte to pioneering diplomat”, in CNN, archived from the original on 16 May 2024:
   • a bumbling fool
   • This wasn’t the first time I held Isaacson’s judgment in low regard. […] Linda Yaccarino, Musk’s almost comically bumbling CEO of X is “wickedly smart”. 2023 September 13, Gary Shteyngart, “Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson review – arrested development”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023:

Forms

Deriveds

bumblingly

Translations (4)

it goffo (acting in a confused or ineffectual way, incompetent) · mi pakihawa (acting in a confused or ineffectual way, incompetent) · mi ninipa (acting in a confused or ineffectual way, incompetent) · it imbranato (acting in a confused or ineffectual way, incompetent)

bumbling en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The act of one who bumbles; a mistake or error, especially through clumsiness.

Forms

bumbling en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of bumble
   form of bumble