fumblers
Those who bobble
Fumblers are people who fumble—who handle things clumsily or fail to grasp what they're reaching for.
The word applies literally to someone dropping or mishandling objects, and figuratively to those who botch tasks or stumble through situations: The project was handed off to a team of fumblers who missed every deadline.
Those who fail clumsily
- blunderersThose who err clumsily
- amateursNonprofessional participants
- novicesInexperienced newcomers
- beginnersThose newly learning
hacks · dilettantes · greenhorns · rookies · neophytes · tyros · learners · trainees
Clumsy dropper of things
- bumblingClumsily incompetent
- stumblingWalking clumsily, almost falling
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- mishandlingManaging badly or clumsily
dropping · tripping · blundering · awkwardness · ungainliness · maladroitness · inelegance · gawkiness
People who delay deciding
- stammerersThose with disfluent speech
- stutterersThose with disfluent speech
- fidgetersRestless movers
- jitteryAnxiously restless
anxious · flustered · rattled · self-conscious · uncertain · tentative · shaky · trembling
bunglers
Those who fail clumsily
- blunderersThose who err clumsily
- amateursNonprofessional participants
- novicesInexperienced newcomers
beginners · hacks · dilettantes · greenhorns · rookies · neophytes · tyros · learners · trainees · inept
butterfingers
Clumsy dropper of things
- bumblingClumsily incompetent
- stumblingWalking clumsily, almost falling
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
mishandling · dropping · tripping · blundering · awkwardness · ungainliness · maladroitness · inelegance · gawkiness · oafishness
hesitators
People who delay deciding
- stammerersThose with disfluent speech
- stutterersThose with disfluent speech
- fidgetersRestless movers
jittery · anxious · flustered · rattled · self-conscious · uncertain · tentative · shaky · trembling · unsteady
blunders
Serious mistakes from carelessness
flubs · botches · goofs · miscues · mistakes · screw-ups · bungles · muffs · snafus · foul-ups
droppers
Precise liquid dispensing tools
error-prone · yips · chippers · whiffers · dribblers
- fumbled the bagSquandered a sure thing
- fumble the ball
- fumble the bagWaste a certain opportunity
- fumble recoveryGaining possession after mishandle