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bungling

adjective as in clumsy

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Example Sentences

The problem for them is that this bungling incompetent already got more votes than the well-funded six-term incumbent did.

Of course, like any bungling seaman, he endangers the very charges in his hands—and I don't mean journalists.

He tries to coach her on how to give a proper introduction, but Yousefi—as Tallah—keeps purposely bungling it.

Microsoft has had notable successes building the Xbox business and not bungling the acquisition of Skype.

The process is driven not by bungling bureaucrats or by sinister moneymen, but by the deepest force of all: geography.

And when ordinary fellows like you and me attempt to cope with their idiosyncrasies the result is bungling.

The fact was plain; it was a bungling job and better proved the Red Fox's guilt.

The mildest noise they make reminds you of the filing of a saw with a bungling mechanic dragging the file on the back stroke.

She took another bungling stitch in the petal of a white floss daisy.

The Queen is a connoisseur in these matters, and there must be no bungling.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bungling, such as: amateurish, awkward, gauche, inapt, inept, and inexpert.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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