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bungled

VERB

blunder, mess up

Synonyms

STRONGEST

botch err flub fudge gum up miscalculate mishandle mismanage muff screw up

STRONG

boggle butcher fumble mar ruin spoil

WEAK

ball up drop the ball foul up goof up louse up make a mess of mess up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

succeed

STRONG

grow help

WEAK

do well fix manage

Example Sentences

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Her claims have triggered demonstrations, promises to tighten the law and criticism that Chancellor Friedrich Merz has bungled his response.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol capped a remarkable fall from grace on Thursday when he was sentenced to life imprisonment over his bungled efforts to impose military rule.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

A report commissioned by the city would later fault him and the police chief at the time for a bungled emergency response that left residents feeling abandoned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

He said Gascón and Middleton bungled the case.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

“Didn’t you say that the whole affair had been bungled, and that you should have been given a free rein from the first?”

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling