bumbling
/ˈbʌmblɪŋ/adjective
उच्चारण बम्ब्लिंग
अनाड़ी, बौखलाया हुआ, गड़बड़ करने वाला
Core word
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[only before noun]
behaving in an awkward or confused way, and often making mistakes
अनाड़ी, बौखलाया हुआ, गड़बड़ करने वाला
- The film's hero is a bumbling but kind-hearted police officer.
- a bumbling fool
- The bumbling clerk lost the file again.
+ 2 more examples
- He gave a bumbling reply to the interviewer.
- The comedy follows a bumbling detective who solves crimes by accident.
Synonyms clumsy inept incompetent blundering
§Structures (grammar patterns) 3
bumbling + noun (attributive)
Bumbling comes before the noun to describe a person who is clumsy and makes silly mistakes, usually in a harmless way.
'Bumbling' संज्ञा से पहले आकर ऐसे व्यक्ति का वर्णन करता है जो अनाड़ी है और मूर्खतापूर्ण ग़लतियाँ करता है, प्रायः हानिरहित ढंग से।
- The bumbling clerk lost the file twice in one morning.
- Everyone laughed at the bumbling detective in the film.
bumbling used for a whole effort or attempt
It can also describe a plan, speech or attempt that is clumsy and ineffective.
यह किसी योजना, भाषण या प्रयास के लिए भी आता है जो अनाड़ी और बेअसर हो।
- His bumbling attempt to fix the fan only made it worse.
bumbling idiot / fool / old man
The word is often joined with a person noun, and with idiot or fool it becomes unkind, so use it with care.
यह शब्द अक्सर किसी व्यक्ति-वाचक संज्ञा के साथ आता है; 'idiot' या 'fool' के साथ यह अपमानजनक हो जाता है, इसलिए सावधानी से प्रयोग करें।
- The writer made the uncle a bumbling old man who forgot every name.
+Collocations 3
bumbling + noun
foolidiotdetectiveofficialattempt
- The bumbling official kept sending letters to the wrong address.
adverb + bumbling
ratherhopelesslyutterlycomicallyslightly
- The comic hero was hopelessly bumbling but always kind.
bumbling + around / through
bumbling around the shopbumbling through a speech
- He kept bumbling through his speech until the bell rang.
“More examples 5
- The bumbling waiter spilled tea on the manager's papers.
अनाड़ी वेटर ने मैनेजर के काग़ज़ों पर चाय गिरा दी।
- Radhika laughed at her own bumbling attempt to tie a saree for the first time.
पहली बार साड़ी बाँधने के अपने अनाड़ी प्रयास पर राधिका खुद हँस पड़ी।
- The newspaper called the minister's reply bumbling and vague.
अख़बार ने मंत्री के उत्तर को अनाड़ी और अस्पष्ट बताया।
- A bumbling thief dropped his torch and woke the whole house.
एक अनाड़ी चोर की टॉर्च गिर गई और पूरा घर जाग गया।
- The comedy shows a bumbling teacher who always loses his chalk.
इस हास्य फ़िल्म में एक अनाड़ी शिक्षक है जो हमेशा अपना चॉक खो देता है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ She felt embarrassed of her bumbling speech.
✓ She felt embarrassed about her bumbling speech.
Embarrassed is followed by about or at, not of.
'Embarrassed' के बाद 'about' या 'at' आता है, 'of' नहीं।
✗ Our bumbling manager is knowing nothing about the software.
✓ Our bumbling manager knows nothing about the software.
Know is a stative verb and is not used in the continuous tense.
'Know' stative verb है और continuous tense में प्रयुक्त नहीं होती।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These adjectives describe lack of skill, but the feeling they carry differs.
ये adjectives कौशल की कमी बताते हैं, पर इनमें निहित भाव अलग-अलग है।
Clumsy and confused in a harmless, often comic way.
हानिरहित और प्रायः हास्यपूर्ण ढंग से अनाड़ी और उलझा हुआ।
- A bumbling guard missed the thief.
Moving without grace and often breaking or dropping things.
बिना सलीके के चलने वाला जो अक्सर चीज़ें तोड़ता या गिराता है।
- He is clumsy with a cup.
Not able to do a job properly; a serious criticism, not a light one.
अपना काम ठीक से करने में असमर्थ; यह गंभीर आलोचना है।
- The incompetent manager lost the contract.