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Synonyms for fumbling
fum·bling
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Princeton's WordNet
bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetentadjective
showing lack of skill or aptitude
"a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"
Synonyms:
butterfingered, handless, ill-chosen, clumsy, heavy-handed, unqualified, awkward, cumbersome, ungainly, bunglesome, unequal to(p), unskilled, bumbling, ham-handed, incompetent, unwieldy, ham-fisted, clunky, inapt, inept, bungling, incapable, gawky, left-handedAntonyms:
skilled
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#17452 | awkward | |
#20455 | incapable | |
#24911 | incompetent | |
#27419 | cumbersome | |
#28776 | clumsy | |
#29086 | unqualified | |
#35413 | unskilled | |
#41493 | inept | |
#57710 | fumbling | |
#58332 | clunky | |
#58750 | unwieldy | |
#67008 | bumbling | |
#108120 | bungling | |
#121797 | ungainly | |
#197054 | gawky | |
#291589 | inapt |
How to use fumbling in a sentence?
There's a lot of people concerned about Joe Biden's ability to carry the ball across the end line without fumbling.
Fumbling to put the condom on, I thought to myself, 'Maybe we shouldn't do this,' it wouldn't have been a good move, to have sex with this girl.
We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. It is a powerful obstacle to growth. It assures the progressive narrowing of the personality and prevents exploration and experimentation. There is no learning without some difficulty and fumbling. If you want to keep on learning, you must keep on risking failure all your life.
The absolute worst thing you can do is nothing, that is so much worse than reaching out and fumbling or saying,' I don't know what to say, but I care and I want to be here for you.'.
The focus is on collecting and disposing of plastics instead of reducing the quantity produced, japan has the opportunity to lead on this issue by reducing the production and use of plastic. They're fumbling the opportunity.
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