bumbling

adjective

bum·bling ˈbəm-b(ə-)liŋ

Synonyms of bumbling next

: awkwardly blundering or faltering

a bumbling speaker

: prone to or marked by foolish mistakes

a bumbling attempt to fix the problem

… many Americans see the F.D.A. as bumbling and inefficient …—

Herbert Burkholz

bumblingly adverb

… none of them truly wants him in her home while he tries, bumblingly, to get his act together … —

Laura Collins-Hughes

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But that’s mainly because Adams appears to be a bumbling small-timer -- an often incoherent ... —

Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 11 Feb. 2025 The video starts with Irwin’s bumbling Everyman attending a dance audition. —

Beatrice Loayza, ARTnews.com, 6 Feb. 2025 The trip goes from challenging to worse as Brock realizes he is simultaneously being tracked by an old nemesis, who has dispatched a bumbling kill squad to take him out. —

Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2025 They're joined by fellow Tony nominee Sieber, 55, as Willis' character Ernest Menville, a bumbling and lovable plastic surgeon who finds himself in the middle of this feuding frienemies after their competitive quest for eternal youth and beauty turns deadly. —

Dave Quinn, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for bumbling