Bungle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To work or act ineptly or inefficiently.
  • v. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A botched or incompetently handled situation.
  • v. To botch up, bumble or incompetently perform a task.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.
  • v. To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up.
  • n. A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To work or act in a clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner.
  • To make or mend clumsily; botch; manage awkwardly or blunderingly; perform inefficiently.
  • n. A clumsy performance; a piece of awkward work; a botch.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  • v. spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly
  • n. an embarrassing mistake
  • Verb Form
    bungled    bungles    bungling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    miscarry    fail    go wrong    do    act    behave   
    Cross Reference
    botch   
    Form
    bungled    bungling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    botch    blunder    boggle    butcher    tinker    foozle    muf   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts