Bungling
['bʌŋglɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) showing lack of skill or aptitude; 'a bungling workman'; 'did a clumsy job'; 'his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf' .
Typist: Rodger--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bungle
(a.) Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman.
Typist: Phil
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Clumsy, awkward, unhandy, unskilful, maladroit, inapt.[2]. Ill-done.
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Examples
- It has either presented the business man with money or harassed him with bungling enthusiasm in the pretended interests of the consumer. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Nevertheless she was a great favourite with the men, and would make fifty conquests while Julia was bungling with one. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- His managers, who were all rare men, were no more expensive than the old bungling fools of his father's days, who were merely colliers promoted. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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