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BUMBLER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bumbler mean?
• BUMBLER (noun)
The noun BUMBLER has 1 sense:
1. someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
Familiarity information: BUMBLER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
blunderer; botcher; bumbler; bungler; butcher; fuckup; fumbler; sad sack; stumbler
Hypernyms ("bumbler" is a kind of...):
incompetent; incompetent person (someone who is not competent to take effective action)
Derivation:
bumble (make a mess of, destroy or ruin)
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