bungling
Collocations
2VERB + BUNGLING
doing, made, worth
ADV.
nearly
Definitions
adj
Incompetent or inept.
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."
noun
An act of incompetence or ineptitude.
Your bungling nearly cost us our jobs.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
- bumbling
- butterfingered
- ham-fisted
- ham-handed
- handless
- heavy-handed
- left-handed
adjective — showing lack of skill or aptitude
- clumsy
- fumbling
- incompetent
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4Harry made a bungling attempt to catch the ball.
WiktionaryWell, 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 thr
WiktionaryYour bungling nearly cost us our jobs.
WiktionaryAnything worth doing is worth bungling.
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