bungling
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bungles, 3rd person singular present; bungled, past participle; bungled, past tense; bungling, present participle;
/ˈbəNGgəl/,
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bungles, 3rd person singular present; bungled, past participle; bungled, past tense; bungling, present participle;
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Carry out (a task) clumsily or incompetently, leading to failure or an unsatisfactory outcome
- - she had bungled every attempt to help
- - a bungled bank raid
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Make or be prone to making many mistakes
- - the work of a bungling amateur
Web Definitions:
- showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"
- bumbling: 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
- (bungled) spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness; "a bungled job"
- An act or acts of incompetence or ineptitude; incompetent or inept