bumbling
English edit
Verb edit
bumbling
- present participle and gerund of bumble
Noun edit
bumbling (plural bumblings)
- The act of one who bumbles; a mistake or error, especially through clumsiness.
Adjective edit
bumbling (comparative more bumbling, superlative most bumbling)
- Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent; showing little or no skill.
- a bumbling fool
- 2023 September 13, Gary Shteyngart, “Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson review – arrested development”, in The Guardian[1], →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”.