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Bungling

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Definitions for Bungling

adjective
showing lack of skill or aptitude
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Examples
  1. a bungling workman
  2. did a clumsy job
  3. his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
adjective
lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
Synonyms
bumbling butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed handless heavy-handed left-handed
Examples
  1. a bumbling mechanic
  2. a bungling performance
  3. ham-handed governmental interference
  4. could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
verb
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Synonyms
botch bodge bumble fumble botch up muff blow flub screw up ball up spoil muck up bungle fluff bollix bollix up bollocks bollocks up bobble mishandle louse up foul up mess up fuck up
Examples
  1. I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
  2. the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
verb
spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly
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Examples
  1. I bungled it!

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