Bungling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Bungling is an adjective meaning Incompetent or inept.
Meaning
Incompetent or inept.
More Meanings
- An act of incompetence or ineptitude.
- present participle and gerund of bungle
Example Sentences
Your bungling nearly cost us our jobs.
Harry made a bungling attempt to catch the ball.
Well, he then decided to manufacture everything as in the human body. I'll show you in the museum the bungling attempt it took him ten years to produce. It was to have been a man, but it lived for three days only. Then up came young Rossum, an engineer. He was a wonderful fellow, Miss Glory. When he saw what a mess of it the old man was making, he said: "It's absurd to spend ten years making a man. If you can't make him quicker than nature, you might as well shut up shop."
Word Forms
- bunglings
Synonyms for bungling
Depending on context, synonyms include incompetent, maladroit, clumsy, unskilled, bumbling, heavy-handed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bumbling, butterfingered, fumbling, maladroit, clumsy, heavy-handed.
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