bumpier; bumpiest
1
: having or covered with bumps
2
a
: marked by bumps or jolts
b
: marked by or full of difficulties
Examples of bumpy in a Sentence
The road is very bumpy.
the bumpy skin of a cucumber
The flight was very bumpy.
The road was rough so we had a bumpy ride.
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
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—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
The company’s stock, after a bumpy spring and summer, is up nearly 30% this year.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
As her comeback got off the ground last year, getting back to medal contention got off to a bumpy start.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 Dec. 2025
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Savannah was crowned the winner of Survivor 49, beating Sophi Balerdi and Sage Ahrens-Nichols by a vote of 5-2-1, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t some bumpy moments along the way.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
The company’s stock, after a bumpy spring and summer, is up nearly 30% this year.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 17 Dec. 2025
As her comeback got off the ground last year, getting back to medal contention got off to a bumpy start.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Bumpy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bumpy. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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