bungled

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

Nigel Inkster, a former director of operations at the British foreign-intelligence agency MI6, said he thought the British government had bungled the case rather than intentionally scuttled it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

The coach, Gary Franklin, had contended that Geragos and the now-disgraced and disbarred lawyer Michael Avenatti had bungled a potential $1.5-million settlement from Nike by pushing for a lucrative revenue stream for themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

To make it worse, he bungled the patch job, and a couple of weeks later my ass started to rot away.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien