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bungler

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bun·gle  (bnggl)
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.]

bungler n.
bungling·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bunglerbungler - someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
incompetent, incompetent person - someone who is not competent to take effective action

bungler
noun incompetent, blunderer, muddler, fumbler, botcher, duffer (informal), butterfingers (informal), lubber Why is this lying bungler still in the fire service?
Translations
bungler [ˈbʌŋgləʳ] Nchapucero/a m/f
bungler [ˈbʌŋglər] nbon(ne) à rien m
bungler
nNichtskönner m, → Stümper m
bungler [ˈbʌŋgləʳ] npasticcione/a
bungler [ˈbʌŋgləʳ] npasticcione/a


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I had done it with a heavy foot, and by this time was in a rage with both him and myself, but I always was a bungler, and, having adopted this means in a hurry, I could at the time see no other easy way out.
You were a fool and a bungler not to make sure of it.
Lop-Ear, struggling with the second puppy, scowled at me and intimated by a variety of sounds the different kinds of a fool and a bungler that I was.
 
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