bumbling

bumbling

1. present participle and gerund of bumble

bumbling (plural bumblings)

1. The act of one who bumbles; a mistake or error, especially through clumsiness.

bumbling (comparative more bumbling, superlative most bumbling)

1. 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”.