bumbling idiot

Frequency: 5.51.2 per million words

A common and strong insult for someone perceived as both clumsy and stupid.

bumblingADJECTIVE + NOUN

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idiot

Examples (10)

  • He called his new assistant a bumbling idiot after he spilled coffee on the report.
  • How did that bumbling idiot ever get promoted to manager?
  • I felt like a complete bumbling idiot when I tripped and fell in front of everyone.
  • The main character in the movie is a lovable bumbling idiot who always saves the day by accident.
  • "You're a bumbling idiot!" she screamed, after he broke her favorite vase.
  • He may come across as a bumbling idiot, but he is actually quite intelligent.
  • Only a bumbling idiot would think that plan could possibly work.
  • I'm tired of cleaning up the messes made by that bumbling idiot in the accounting department.
  • The clumsy waiter, a classic bumbling idiot, dropped a tray full of drinks on the customers.
  • She realized she had been acting like a bumbling idiot by trusting him with her secret.