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fumbler
Agent noun of fumble; one who fumbles.
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  1. Agent noun of fumble; one who fumbles.
flounderer
Someone who fishes for flounder.
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  1. Someone who fishes for flounder.
  2. One who flounders, who behaves clumsily without direction.
muddler
A person or thing that muddles.
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  1. A person or thing that muddles.
  2. A small pestlelike baton that is used to prepare mixed drinks.
  3. One who muddles.
spoiler
A published piece of information that divulges a surprise, such as a plot twist in a movie.
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  1. A published piece of information that divulges a surprise, such as a plot twist in a movie.
  2. Any projecting device serving to break up airflow around a body
  3. A candidate for office whose chances of winning are slight but who may get enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning.
incompetent
An incompetent person.
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  1. An incompetent person.
  2. An incompetent person; esp., one who is mentally deficient
numskull
(Informal) numbskull
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  1. (Informal) numbskull
  2. A stupid person; a nitwit.
featherbrain
A silly, foolish, or frivolous person
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  1. A silly, foolish, or frivolous person
dolt
A stupid, slow-witted person; blockhead
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  1. A stupid, slow-witted person; blockhead
blockhead
A person regarded as very stupid; a dolt.
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  1. A person regarded as very stupid; a dolt.
scatterbrain
A person who is incapable of concentrated or serious thinking; giddy, frivolous, flighty person
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  1. A person who is incapable of concentrated or serious thinking; giddy, frivolous, flighty person
airhead
An area seized in warfare, esp. by an airborne assault, and held to ensure the continuous bringing in of troops and materiel by air
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  1. An area seized in warfare, esp. by an airborne assault, and held to ensure the continuous bringing in of troops and materiel by air
  2. A silly, rather unintelligent person.
dunce
A stupid person; a dolt.
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  1. A stupid person; a dolt.
clod
A lump, esp. a lump of earth, clay, loam, etc.
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  1. A lump, esp. a lump of earth, clay, loam, etc.
  2. A dull, stupid person; a dolt.
  3. A lump or chunk, especially of earth or clay.
ignoramus
An ignorant and stupid person
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  1. An ignorant and stupid person
idiot
A person who is considered foolish or stupid.
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  1. A person who is considered foolish or stupid.
  2. A person with profound intellectual disability having a mental age below three years and generally unable to learn connected speech or guard against common dangers. The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.
duffer
(Sports) A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs.
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  1. (Sports) A player having little skill, especially a golfer who duffs.
  2. (Archaic) A pedlar or hawker, especially one selling cheap or substandard goods.
  3. (Informal) A person, now often elderly, who is incompetent, ineffectual, or dawdling
gawk
A clumsy, stupid fellow; simpleton
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  1. A clumsy, stupid fellow; simpleton
  2. An awkward or clumsy person.
donkey
A person regarded as stupid, foolish, or obstinate
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  1. A person regarded as stupid, foolish, or obstinate
  2. A domestic animal, Equus africanus asinus, similar to a horse.
  3. (Nautical) A small auxiliary engine, also called donkey engine.
marplot
An officious meddler whose interference compromises the success of an undertaking.
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  1. An officious meddler whose interference compromises the success of an undertaking.
  2. A meddlesome person whose activity interferes with the plans of others. [from 18th c.]
  3. (Rare) A person who mars or spoils some plan by officious interference
butterfingers
(Informal) A person who habitually fumbles or drops things, as if because of buttery fingers
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  1. (Informal) A person who habitually fumbles or drops things, as if because of buttery fingers
lubber
(Nautical) an inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber
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  1. (Nautical) an inexperienced or novice sailor; a landlubber
  2. An inexperienced, clumsy sailor; landlubber
  3. A big, slow, clumsy person
bonehead
(Slang) A stupid person; fool
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  1. (Slang) A stupid person; fool
screw up
A serious mistake; blunder; mess
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  1. A serious mistake; blunder; mess
  2. A person who screws up
rattlehead
One who makes empty, noisy conversation; a chatterer.
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  1. One who makes empty, noisy conversation; a chatterer.
lummox
(Informal) A clumsy, stupid person
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  1. (Informal) A clumsy, stupid person
butcher
(Informal, former) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theaters, trains, circuses, etc.
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  1. (Informal, former) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theaters, trains, circuses, etc.
  2. One who slaughters and dresses animals for food or market.
  3. A person whose work is killing animals or dressing their carcasses for meat
schlemiel
A habitual bungler; a dolt.
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  1. A habitual bungler; a dolt.
  2. (Slang) An ineffectual, bungling person who habitually fails or is easily victimized
blunderhead
Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders
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  1. Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders
klutz
A surname​.
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  1. A surname​.
  2. A stupid or dull person
block
One of a set of small wooden or plastic pieces, such as a cube, bar, or cylinder, used as a building toy.
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  1. One of a set of small wooden or plastic pieces, such as a cube, bar, or cylinder, used as a building toy.
  2. A mold or form on which an item is shaped or displayed:
  3. Atrioventricular block.
hacker
A computer user who attempts to gain unauthorized access to files in various systems
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  1. A computer user who attempts to gain unauthorized access to files in various systems
  2. A person who hacks (see hack)
  3. One who demonstrates poor or mediocre ability, especially in a sport:
looby
(Chiefly Dial.) A big, clumsy fellow; lout
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  1. (Chiefly Dial.) A big, clumsy fellow; lout
  2. An awkward or clumsy person
stumblebum
A punch-drunk or second-rate prizefighter.
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  1. A punch-drunk or second-rate prizefighter.
  2. (Slang) bum
  3. A person regarded as blundering or inept.
turkey
A failure, especially a failed theatrical production or movie.
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  1. A failure, especially a failed theatrical production or movie.
  2. Any of a family (Meleagrididae) of large, gallinaceous North American birds with a small, naked head and a tail that can be spread like a fan, including a wild or domesticated species (Meleagris gallopavo) bred as poultry and a wild species (Agriocharis ocellata) of Central America, with eyespots on the tail
  3. The flesh of a turkey
doofus
An incompetent, foolish, or stupid person.
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  1. An incompetent, foolish, or stupid person.
dub
Dialogue, music, etc. inserted in a film's soundtrack
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  1. Dialogue, music, etc. inserted in a film's soundtrack
  2. A dubbed copy of a tape or record.
  3. A form of reggae produced by remixing original recordings with overdubbed sound effects, spoken words, fragments of other music, etc.
screwup
One that makes a mess of an undertaking; a bungler.
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  1. One that makes a mess of an undertaking; a bungler.
  2. A blunder; a mess:
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