bungling

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.

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[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

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bungler n.

bungling·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	bungling - showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" fumbling, incompetent, clumsy unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship"
	2.	bungling - 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 bumbling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed, handless, left-handed maladroit - not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda"

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bungling

adjective incompetent, blundering, awkward, clumsy, inept, botching, cack-handed (informal) maladroit, ham-handed (informal) unskilful, ham-fisted (informal) unco Austral. (slang)