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单词 bumbling
释义 bumbling
I. noun
(-s)
Etymology: from gerund of bumble (II)
: stupid and awkward blundering
 < a story of military fatuity, of pompous bumbling, of reckless waste of lives — J.H.Powers >
II. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of bumble (II)
1.
 a. : blundering and awkward : likely to make foolish mistakes
  < a kindly, bumbling ne'er-do-well who had lately lost his job — Dixon Wecter >
 b. : ineffective as a speaker (as because of faltering and stuttering)
  < animated and splendidly communicative one evening and bumbling the next — R.H.Rovere >
2. : marked by conspicuous blundering, inefficiency, ineffectiveness, and lack of organization
 < the bumbling policies of the administration led to its downfall >
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