BUNGLING

bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed

(adjective) 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

bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent

(adjective) showing lack of skill or aptitude; “a bungling workman”; “did a clumsy job”; “his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

bungling (comparative more bungling, superlative most bungling)

Incompetent or inept.

Noun

bungling (plural bunglings)

An act of incompetence or ineptitude.

Verb

bungling

present participle of bungle

Anagrams

• blunging

Source: Wiktionary

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Bun"gling, a.

Definition: Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. Swift. They make but bungling work. Dryden.

BUNGLE

Bun"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bungled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bungling.] Etym: [Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf. Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See Bang.]

Definition: To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

Bun"gle, v. t.

Definition: To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up. I always had an idea that it would be bungled. Byron.

Bun"gle, n.

Definition: A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder. Those errors and bungles which are committed. Cudworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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