bumbler

noun

Definition of bumblernext
as in butcher
someone who bungles an effort we can't trust that bumbler to do anything right

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  1. butcher
  2. incompetent
Noun
  • Add Preferred Source The 79-cent price is a nod to 1979, when Perry’s got its start as a small Houston butcher shop before growing into a steakhouse chain with locations across Texas and several other states.
    — Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The kitchen is run by Chef Chris Snider, a graduate of Stoic and Genuine and Rioja who started at the butcher shop several months before the restaurant opened.
    — Colin Wrenn, Denver Post, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of butcher
Noun
  • The Dodgers reached the pinnacle honestly, in a capitalistic structure that properly hands no favors to the incompetent.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Jan. 2026
Definition of incompetent
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“Bumbler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bumbler. Accessed 16 Oct. 2026.

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