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Synonyms for bumbling
The synonym for bumbling recorded in this bank is bungling, in the sense "lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for bumbling
- bunglingadjective, in the sense "lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day bumbling is audited in a second meaning.
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
A bumbling mechanic.
The true synonym
bungling
Same sentence, swapped: A bungling mechanic.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- halting
- wooden
- unhappy
Where bumbling turns up in the game
bumbling is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
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