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bungled

[buhng-guhl] Origin

bun·gle

[buhng-guhl] verb, -gled, -gling, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch: He bungled the job.
verb (used without object)
2.
to perform or work clumsily or inadequately: He is a fool who bungles consistently.

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Bungled is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
noun
3.
a bungling performance.
4.
that which has been done clumsily or inadequately.

Origin:
1520–30; of uncertain origin

bun·gler, noun
bun·gling·ly, adverb
un·bun·gling, adjective


1. mismanage, muddle, spoil, ruin; foul up.

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Word Origin & History

bungle
1520s, origin obscure, perhaps a mix of boggle and bumble, or more likely from a Scandinavian word akin to Swed. bangla "to work ineffectually," from O.Swed. bunga "to strike" (cf. Ger. Bengel "cudgel," also "rude fellow"). Related: Bungled; bungler; bungling.
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