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BUMBLING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

Example:

could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature

Synonyms:

bumbling; bungling; butterfingered; ham-fisted; ham-handed; handless; heavy-handed; left-handed

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

maladroit (not adroit)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb bumble

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