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

“Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday” Director-star Jacques Tati’s beloved bumbler has a series of seaside misadventures in this 1953 comedy classic.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2021

Adam, in this interpretation, was obviously just a bumbler and a dupe.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2019

Ronell—a brilliant theorist of language—positions herself, in effect, as a linguistic bumbler unaware of her language’s effects.

From Slate • Aug. 30, 2018

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

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw