bumpy

comparative bumpier · superlative bumpiest

1. Rough; jumpy; causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.

   a bumpy ride

   4 more examples

   a bumpy flight

   There was no reason to pull off the interstate and drive twenty miles down a bumpy local road, just to stay in a dilapidated no-tell motel.

   2013, Robin Wasserman, Seven Deadly Sins, volume 1: Lust; Envy, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 120

   The path to approval has been bumpiest in Washington, where Democrats in Congress have raised concerns over Mexico’s enforcement of labor rights and environmental law — and smoothest in Mexico, where the president has described the accord as a guarantee of stability for his country’s economy.

   2019 June 19, Elisabeth Malkin and Ana Swanson, “Mexico Ratifies Trade Deal With the U.S. and Canada”, in The New York Times

   So, will flights just get bumpier and delays even more common? Not necessarily.

   2023 May 5, Julie Weed, “Sick of Bumpy, Delayed Flights? New Weather Tech Could Help.”, in The New York Times

2. Covered with or full of bumps.

   bumpy road