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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.
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Noun1.Bunglerbungler - someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
blunderer, botcher, bumbler, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler, butcher
incompetent, incompetent person - someone who is not competent to take effective action
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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.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
You were a fool and a bungler not to make sure of it.
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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.
Before Adam by London, Jack View in context
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