 bungling |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] showing lack of skill or aptitude | |
| Synonyms: | fumbling incompetent clumsy | |
| Examples: | "a bungling workman" "did a clumsy job" "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" |
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| Related terms: | unskilled | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands | |
| Synonyms: | heavy-handed butterfingered ham-handed handless ham-fisted left-handed bumbling | |
| Examples: | "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 |
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| Related terms: | maladroit | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands | |
| Synonyms: | heavy-handed butterfingered ham-handed handless ham-fisted left-handed bumbling | |
| Examples: | "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 |
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| Related terms: | maladroit | |
| Similar spelling: |
bungaloid bungle bungler bungled bungalow |
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