From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bungling \Bun"gling\, a.
Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. --Swift.
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They make but bungling work. --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bungle \Bun"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bungled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bungling}.] [Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf.
Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See {Bang}.]
To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bungling
adj 1: showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman";
"did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a
shelf" [syn: {bungling}, {clumsy}, {fumbling},
{incompetent}]
2: lacking physical movement skills, 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
[syn: {bumbling}, {bungling}, {butterfingered}, {ham-fisted},
{ham-handed}, {handless}, {heavy-handed}, {left-handed}]
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