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Synonyms for bumbling
adj unskillfulMore words related to bumbling
awkward
adjective. clumsy, inelegant
- all thumbs
- amateurish
- artless
- blundering
- bulky
- bumbling
- bungling
- butterfingers
- coarse
- floundering
- gawky
- graceless
- green
- having two left feet
- having two left hands
- incompetent
- inept
- inexpert
- klutzy
- lumbering
- maladroit
- oafish
- rude
- stiff
- stumbling
- uncoordinated
- uncouth
- unfit
- ungainly
- ungraceful
- unhandy
- unpolished
- unrefined
- unskilled
- unskillful
clumsy
adjective. not agile; awkward
- all thumbs
- blundering
- blunderous
- bulky
- bumbling
- bungling
- butterfingered
- clownish
- crude
- elephantine
- gauche
- gawkish
- gawky
- graceless
- ham-handed
- heavy
- heavy-handed
- helpless
- hulking
- ill-shaped
- incompetent
- inelegant
- inept
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- lubberly
- lumbering
- lumpish
- maladroit
- oafish
- ponderous
- splay
- stumbling
- unable
- unadept
- uncoordinated
- uncouth
- undexterous
- uneasy
- ungainly
- unhandy
- unskillful
- untactful
- untalented
- untoward
- unwieldy
- weedy
gawky
adjective. clumsy
halting
adjective. hesitant
heavy-handed
adjective. awkward
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