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FUMBLING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing lack of skill or aptitude
Example:
his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
Synonyms:
bungling; clumsy; fumbling; incompetent
Classified under:
Similar:
unskilled (not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb fumble
Context examples:
He pulled out his watch, and after some fumbling got it back into the breast pocket of his thick woollen jacket.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
There was a fumbling and a scratching of matches, and the sea-lamp flared up, dim and smoky, and in its weird light bare-legged men moved about nursing their bruises and caring for their hurts.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
