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bumbler

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bum·ble 1  (bmbl)
v. bum·bled, bum·bling, bum·bles
v.intr.
1. To speak in a faltering manner.
2. To move, act, or proceed clumsily. See Synonyms at blunder.
v.tr.
To bungle; botch.

[Perhaps blend of bungle and stumble.]

bumbler n.

bum·ble 2  (bmbl)
intr.v. bum·bled, bum·bling, bum·bles
To make a humming or droning sound; buzz.
n.
A humming or droning sound; a buzz.

[Middle English bomblen, of imitative origin.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bumblerbumbler - someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
incompetent, incompetent person - someone who is not competent to take effective action
Translations
bumbler
nStümper(in) m(f) (pej), → Pfuscher(in) m(f) (pej)


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After Ford was filmed stumbling as he walked down the steps of Air Force One and tumbling on a ski slope, the comedian Chevy Chase began lampooning him on SNL as an uncoordinated bumbler.
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Popular history largely ignores the important policy linkages between Jimmy Carter, the deregulating architect of the anti-Soviet proxy war in Afghanistan, and Ronald Reagan, the bumbler behind the "Reagan recession" and the disastrous mission in Lebanon; but in retrospect there are important ways in which Reagan's revolution preceded his presidency.
 
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