bungle

Example Sentences

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Leave it to “SNL” to bungle what should have been a slap shot straight into an open goal.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

Olympic bosses, who never met an issue they couldn’t bungle, fretted about precedent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Do we have it in our power to choose comedy over catastrophe and thereby give ourselves another day to bungle along?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023

A confirmed bungle could call into question EPO test results dating back decades, Dr Ordway tells the BBC.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2023

They’re more likely to bungle the job than get it right.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day