Bumbling and Unable

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Bumbling adjective - Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.

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Unable and bumbling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unable" instead an adjective "Bumbling".

Nearby Words: bumble, bumbled

Unable adjective - Lacking qualities (as knowledge, skill, or ability) required to do a job.

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Bumbling and unable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bumbling" instead an adjective "Unable".

Ben Tennyson, quite often in all series; most of the time, he is a rather bumbling, narcissitic person who seems unable to operate the Omnitrix right.

Source: Lets Get Dangerous / Western Animation
Bumbling Dad: Rory's dad, who has him in care homes simply because he's unable to cope.

Source: Film / Rory O'Shea Was Here
The Ditz: Elmer is a bumbling dimwit, ruining multiple film shoots, unable to understand instructions to recite a single line of dialogue.

Source: Film / Free and Easy

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