fumbling 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of fumblingnext
as in bungling

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fumbling

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verb

present participle of fumble
1
as in blowing
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way her assistant fumbled the party plans by getting the time wrong on the invitations

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as in groping
to search for something blindly or uncertainly the librarian fumbled for the light switch as she entered the dark room

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as in stumbling
to make a mistake just when it looked like he was going to get away with the ruse, he fumbled

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“Fumbling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fumbling. Accessed 1 Feb. 2023.

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