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bun·gle 
[buhng-guhl] Pronunciation Key verb, -gled, -gling, noun
—Related forms
[buhng-guhl] Pronunciation Key verb, -gled, -gling, noun –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
–noun
| 1. | to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch: He bungled the job. |
| 2. | to perform or work clumsily or inadequately: He is a fool who bungles consistently. |
| 3. | a bungling performance. |
| 4. | that which has been done clumsily or inadequately. |
[Origin: 1520–30; of uncert. orig.]
] —Related forms
bungler, noun
bun·gling·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 1. mismanage, muddle, spoil, ruin; foul up.
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| bun·gle
(bŭng'gəl) Pronunciation Key
v. bun·gled, bun·gling, bun·gles v. intr. To work or act ineptly or inefficiently. v. tr. To handle badly; botch. See Synonyms at botch. n. A clumsy or inept performance; a botch: made a bungle of the case due to inexperience. [Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.] bun'gler n., bun'gling·ly adv. |
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| bungling | |
adjective | |
| 1. | showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" |
| 2. | lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse [syn: bumbling] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Bungling
Bun"gling\, a. Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. --Swift. They make but bungling work. --Dryden.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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