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Definition of Bumbling
1. Adjective. Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands. "Could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"
Similar to: Maladroit
Definition of Bumbling
1. Noun. An act of bumbling, a mistake or error especially through clumsiness. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of bumble) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bumbling
1. an instance of clumsiness [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bumbling
Literary usage of Bumbling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hedonist's Guide to Prague by Tremayne Carew Pole (2004)
"S For the definitively cool; ice-blonde Uben-babes elegantly ignore bumbling
tourists, as the latest dance music is pumped through the club. ..."
2. Microcomputer Security by David J. Stang (1991)
"bumbling The most common source of disaster in any computer system is those inept
fingers on the keyboard. Some experts estimate that between and 60% of the ..."
3. Network Security by David J. Stang (1991)
"Our computers are most often the victims of bumbling users, ... The history of
the bumbling user would be comical, if there weren't so much pain and tragedy ..."
4. The Universal Restoration: Exhibited in Four Dialogues Between a Minister by Elhanan Winchester (1844)
"Tbus, punishments are designed for tin bumbling of the proud ; but if they fail
ol answering that purpose, as administered ii the present state, ..."
5. Parables from Nature by Alfred Gatty, Paul de Longpré (1893)
"Did the sitting magistrate or the bumbling barristers or Dr. Earwig mean to insinuate
... For instance, there was one on the head of one of the bumbling ..."
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