bumbler

Example Sentences

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When Dilbert’s boss came off as a cruel bumbler in the cartoons, O’Neill said, “I always think it’s not me. It must be somebody else.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Far from an accomplished mole, Mahoney is a too-chatty bumbler.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2022

But several others described him as an ambitious but clumsy bumbler.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2021

I’m not sure why, but the writers have been going out of their way since to depict Tyrion as an incompetent bumbler.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2019

I am as great a bumbler as I am a coward.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw