fumbling

1. 1.

   showing lack of skill or aptitude

   “a bungling workman”

   “did a clumsy job”

   “his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf”

   Synonymsbunglingclumsyincompetent

   Similarunskilled

Questions about fumbling

What does fumbling mean?

fumbling means "showing lack of skill or aptitude".

How many syllables are in fumbling?

fumbling has 3 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈfʌmbəlɪŋ/.

What is another word for fumbling?

Close synonyms include bungling, clumsy, incompetent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fumbling a common word?

fumbling is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.