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bumbling

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1. bumbling - Noun

2. bumbling - Adjective

3. bumbling - Verb

4. bumbling - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

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The beginning of wisdom is to admit to being inept. We're all a bit slow. We have our moments, but in the end, we have to resort to bumbling through. It is what makes conviction so egregious. Jack McDevitt

I never went to business school. I was just bumbling through a lot of my life. I was like the guy behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz. David Geffen

It will be a sad day for the world when the Oriental gent realizes that Western bumbling is only Eastern guile in a different idiom. Well, a lot of it, anyway. Kyril Bonfiglioli

People like to define you through what they've seen you do. There are aspects of my personality, I guess, that come through on-screen, but I don't sit around thinking, 'I've been a bumbling suitor all my life.' Ben Stiller

Frankly, it has frustrated me for years to watch Apple's success - while traditional bumbling PC companies continue to ignore the obvious point that yes, design and presentation actually do matter. Rob Enderle

One musn't be misled by the amiable, bumbling persona. He is a toughly intelligent man moving confidently in any kind of surroundings from Windsor Castle to Birdland. Humphrey Lyttelton

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