The quality or state of being bumbling; clumsiness or disorganization as a characteristic trait.
From 'bumbling' (present participle of bumble) plus the abstract noun suffix '-ness', creating an abstract noun describing the quality itself.
Creating abstract nouns from '-ingness' is rare in modern English, but Victorian writers loved this construction—it turned actions into philosophical states, making clumsiness sound almost profound.
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