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stumbling

ADJECTIVE
awkward
Synonyms
STRONGEST
amateurish rude stiff
WEAK
all thumbs artless blundering bulky bumbling bungling butterfingers coarse floundering gawky graceless green having two left feet having two left hands incompetent inept inexpert klutzy lumbering maladroit oafish uncoordinated uncouth unfit ungainly ungraceful unhandy unpolished unrefined unskilled unskillful
Antonyms
WEAK
adroit artful clever convenient dexterous easy elegant graceful handy skillful straightforward
ADJECTIVE
clumsy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bulky heavy-handed inept ponderous ungainly unwieldy
WEAK
all thumbs blundering blunderous bumbling bungling butterfingered clownish crude elephantine gauche gawkish gawky graceless ham-handed heavy helpless hulking ill-shaped incompetent inelegant inexperienced inexpert lubberly lumbering lumpish maladroit oafish splay unable unadept uncoordinated uncouth undexterous uneasy unhandy unskillful untactful untalented untoward weedy
Antonyms
WEAK
adroit agile athletic clever coordinated couth dexterous expert graceful
ADJECTIVE
halting
Synonyms
STRONGEST
awkward clumsy labored tentative
STRONG
bumbling faltering limping lumbering slow stammering stuttering vacillating wavering
WEAK
claudicant doubtful gauche imperfect indecisive inept irresolute maladroit uncertain unhandy vacillatory wooden
Antonyms
STRONGEST
adroit clever dexterous easy graceful
WEAK
flowing smooth unhesitating
ADJECTIVE
klutzy
Synonyms
WEAK
all thumbs amateurish artless blundering bulky bumbling bungling butterfingers clumsy coarse floundering gawky graceless green having two left feet having two left hands incompetent inept inexpert lumbering lumpish maladroit oafish rude stiff uncoordinated uncouth unfit ungainly ungraceful unhandy unpolished unrefined unskilled unskillful
ADJECTIVE
maladroit
Synonyms
WEAK
all thumbs blundering bumbling bungling clunky floundering gauche halting heavy-handed inept inexpert klutzy lumbering two left feet ungraceful unhandy unskillful
Antonyms
WEAK
able capable diplomatic nice sensitive skillful tactful
ADJECTIVE
oafish
Synonyms
WEAK
all thumbs blundering blunderous bumbling bungling butterfingered dumb gawkish gawky graceless half-witted heavy-handed idiotic ignorant inelegant inept klutzy lubberly lumbering lumpish moronic simple simpleminded slow uncoordinated undexterous ungainly unintelligent
ADJECTIVE
uncoordinated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
heavy-handed
WEAK
all thumbs bumbling bungling butterfingered gawkish gawky graceless klutzy like a bull in a china shop lumbering not agile unadept ungainly ungraceful unhandy unskillful
NOUN
hesitation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
doubt equivocation hesitancy indecision misgiving mistrust pause procrastination qualm reluctance skepticism unwillingness vacillation
STRONG
dawdling delay demurral dubiety faltering fluctuation indecisiveness indisposition irresolution oscillation scruple wavering
WEAK
averseness delaying fumbling hemming and hawing stammering stuttering
Antonyms
STRONGEST
belief certainty confidence faith trust
WEAK
eagerness go perseverance sureness
NOUN
indecisiveness
Synonyms
STRONG
dawdling delay demurral doubt dubiety equivocation faltering fluctuation hesitancy indecision indisposition irresoluteness irresolution misgiving mistrust oscillation pause procrastination qualm reluctance scruple skepticism timidity timidness unwillingness vacillation wavering
WEAK
averseness delaying fumbling hemming and hawing shilly-shally stammering stuttering tentativeness to and fro
Antonyms
STRONG
belief certainty confidence faith trust
NOUN
irresoluteness
Synonyms
STRONG
dawdling delay demurral doubt dubiety equivocation faltering fluctuation hesitancy indecision indecisiveness indisposition irresolution misgiving mistrust oscillation pause procrastination qualm reluctance scruple skepticism timidity timidness unwillingness vacillation wavering
WEAK
averseness delaying fumbling hemming and hawing shilly-shally stammering stuttering tentativeness to and fro
Antonyms
STRONG
belief certainty confidence faith trust
NOUN
irresolution
Synonyms
STRONG
dawdling delay demurral doubt dubiety equivocation faltering fluctuation hesitancy indecision indecisiveness indisposition irresoluteness misgiving mistrust oscillation pause procrastination qualm reluctance scruple skepticism timidity timidness unwillingness vacillation wavering
WEAK
averseness delaying fumbling hemming and hawing shilly-shally stammering stuttering tentativeness to and fro
Antonyms
STRONG
belief certainty confidence faith trust
NOUN
tentativeness
Synonyms
WEAK
averseness dawdling delay delaying demurral doubt dubiety equivocation faltering fluctuation fumbling hemming and hawing hesitancy indecision indecisiveness indisposition irresoluteness irresolution misgiving mistrust oscillation pause procrastination qualm reluctance scruple shilly-shally skepticism stammering stuttering timidity timidness to and fro unwillingness vacillation wavering
NOUN
timidness
Synonyms
STRONG
dawdling delay demurral doubt dubiety equivocation faltering fluctuation hesitancy indecision indecisiveness indisposition irresoluteness irresolution misgiving mistrust oscillation pause procrastination qualm reluctance scruple skepticism timidity unwillingness vacillation wavering
WEAK
averseness delaying fumbling hemming and hawing shilly-shally stammering stuttering tentativeness to and fro
Antonyms
STRONG
belief certainty confidence faith trust
NOUN
to and fro
Synonyms
WEAK
averseness dawdling delay delaying demurral doubt dubiety equivocation faltering fluctuation fumbling hemming and hawing hesitancy indecision indecisiveness indisposition irresoluteness irresolution misgiving mistrust oscillation pause procrastination qualm reluctance scruple shilly-shally skepticism stammering stuttering tentativeness timidity timidness unwillingness vacillation wavering

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“The state bar case was once a stumbling block, but today it is a stepping stone,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

This year's summit could fall on any number of stumbling blocks.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

While senior party figures and McDonald herself insisted there was no story, they know there are potential stumbling blocks.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

In video clips, robots were seen flailing around, stumbling and falling over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Instead, it’s after four when she comes stumbling through the front door with shopping bags in both hands.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston