bumbler

Example Sentences

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When Dilbert’s boss came off as a cruel bumbler in the cartoons, O’Neill said, “I always think it’s not me. It must be somebody else.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

But several others described him as an ambitious but clumsy bumbler.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2021

“Intelligence” was created by the British actor and comedian Nick Mohammed, and he cast himself in the cringiest role as Joseph, a bumbler who strenuously sucks up to the American newcomer, Schwimmer’s Jerry.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2020

These are the remarkable effects the bumbler alibi can achieve: A consummate politician and performer with an axe to grind has done a formidable job of coming across as a clownish but well-meaning oaf.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2019

I am as great a bumbler as I am a coward.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw