bumbling
Use Bumbling in a sentence
blɪŋ adjective
1.
liable to make awkward blunders: a bumbling mechanic.
2.
clumsily incompetent or ineffectual: bumbling diplomacy.
noun
3.
the act or practice of making blunders: The bumbling of their officers cost them the battle.
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verb (used without object)
1.
to bungle or blunder awkwardly; muddle: He somehow bumbled through two years of college.
2.
to stumble or stagger.
3.
to speak in a low, stuttering, halting manner; mumble.
verb (used with object)
4.
to do (something) clumsily; botch.
noun
5.
an awkward blunder.
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Bumbling
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English bomblen, frequentative of bomben to boom, buzz; imitative
1350–1400; Middle English bomblen, frequentative of bomben to boom, buzz; imitative
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bumble1 (ˈbʌmbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to speak or do in a clumsy, muddled, or inefficient way: he bumbled his way through his speech |
| 2. | (intr) to proceed unsteadily; stumble |
| —n | |
| 3. | a blunder or botch |
| [C16: perhaps a blend of | |
| 'bumbler1 | |
| —n | |
| 'bumbling1 | |
| —n, —adj | |
| bumble1 (ˈbʌmbəl) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to speak or do in a clumsy, muddled, or inefficient way: he bumbled his way through his speech |
| 2. | (intr) to proceed unsteadily; stumble |
| —n | |
| 3. | a blunder or botch |
| [C16: perhaps a blend of | |
| 'bumbler1 | |
| —n | |
| 'bumbling1 | |
| —n, —adj | |
| bumble2 (ˈbʌmbəl) | |
| —vb | |
| (intr) to make a humming sound | |
| [C14 bomblen to buzz, boom, of imitative origin] | |
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Example sentences
It is set in a run-down diner where a bumbling short-order cook and a klutzy waitress work.
In the newspapers, these problems were looked upon as a lot of bumbling and incompetence.
They are prosecuting a bumbling idiot that no one likes and that has many, many, many character flaws.
He is way too neurotic to handle this, however, so he compensates by representing himself as a bumbling idiot.
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