bungling

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bungling

A bungling waiter spills a tray of drinks.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands: Describes someone who is clumsy, awkward, or inept in manual tasks.
    • Showing lack of skill or aptitude: Describes actions, performances, or work that are poorly executed due to incompetence or inexperience.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The bungling mechanic couldn't fix the simple engine problem.
    • Her bungling attempt to assemble the furniture resulted in a wobbly chair.
    • The project failed due to bungling management.
Advanced Usage

  • "A bungling performance": A performance characterized by mistakes and lack of skill.

    • The play was ruined by the lead actor's bungling performance.

  • "Bungling interference": Inept or clumsy involvement that makes a situation worse.

    • The bungling interference from headquarters confused the local team.
Variants and Related Words

  • Bungle (verb): To carry out a task clumsily or incompetently.

    • He managed to bungle the simple instructions.

  • Bungler (noun): A person who acts in a clumsy or incompetent way.

    • He was dismissed as a hopeless bungler.
Synonyms
  • Clumsy: Awkward in movement or handling things.
  • Inept: Having or showing no skill; clumsy.
  • Ham-handed: Clumsy; inept (informal).
  • Maladroit: Ineffective or bungling; clumsy.
Antonyms
  • Adroit: Clever or skillful in using the hands or mind.
  • Dexterous: Demonstrating neat skill, especially with the hands.
  • Skillful: Having or showing skill.
Related Phrases

  • A series of bungling errors: A sequence of mistakes caused by incompetence.

    • The investigation was plagued by a series of bungling errors.

  • To make a bungling mess of something: To handle a task so poorly that it becomes a complete failure.

    • He made a bungling mess of the presentation.
bungling

A bungling waiter spills a tray of drinks.

Adjective
  1. 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
  2. showing lack of skill or aptitude
    • a bungling workman
    • did a clumsy job
    • his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf

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