About The Word Bungling

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Bungling

Bungling Meaning & Definition
Bungling Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bungling?

[adj] not skillful in physical movement 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
[adj] showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bungling: bumbling | butterfingered | clumsy | fumbling | ham-fisted | ham-handed | handless | heavy-handed | incompetent | left-handed | maladroit | unskilled

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bungling: all thumbs | awkward | bad job | blunderheaded | blunderheadedness | blundering | boggling | boorish | botch | botched | botchery | botching | bumbling | butterfingered | careless | carelessness | clownish | clumsy | clumsy-fisted | cumbersome | deficient | fingers all thumbs | fumbling | gauche | gawkish | gawky | graceless | half-assed | ham-fisted | ham-handed | haphazard | haphazardness | heavy-handed | hit-and-miss | hit-or-miss | hulking | hulky | inelegant | left-hand | left-handed | loose ends | loutish | lubberly | lumbering | lumpish | maladroit | messiness | messy | muffing | oafish | ponderous | promiscuous | sad work | slapdash | slipshod | slipshoddiness | slipshoddy | slipshodness | sloppiness | sloppy | slovenliness | slovenly | slovenly performance | slovenry | sluttish | sluttishness | stiff | too many cooks | uncouth | ungainly | ungraceful | unhandy | untidiness | untidy | unwieldy

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Bungling In Webster's Dictionary

\Bun"gling\, a. Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. --Swift. They make but bungling work. --Dryden.

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