bumbling
adjective
[ ˈbʌmb(ə)lɪŋ ]
• acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent.
• "he's a bumbling fool"
bumble
verb
• move or act in an awkward or confused manner.
• "they bumbled around the house"
Similar:
blunder,
lurch,
stumble,
wobble,
lumber,
shamble,
shuffle,
stagger,
totter,
teeter,
reel,
weave,
pitch,
muddle,
flounder,
falter,
sprauchle,
blundering,
bungling,
amateurish,
incompetent,
inept,
unskilful,
inexpert,
clumsy,
maladroit,
gauche,
awkward,
inefficient,
muddled,
oafish,
clodhopping,
stumbling,
lumbering,
foolish,
useless,
crude,
botched,
ham-fisted,
ham-handed,
cack-handed,
• speak in a confused or indistinct way.
• "the succeeding speakers bumbled"
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘hum, drone’): from boom1 + -le4.
