bumbling

English

Verb

bumbling

1. present participle and gerund of bumble

Noun

bumbling (plural bumblings)

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

Adjective

bumbling (comparative more bumbling, superlative most bumbling)

1. Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent or inept; showing little or no skill.

   a bumbling fool

   • 2023 September 13, Gary Shteyngart, “Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson review – arrested development”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     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”.

Derived terms

• bumblingly

Translations

acting in a confused or ineffectual way, incompetent

Italian: goffo (it), imbranato (it) Maori: pakihawa, ninipa