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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bungle \Bun"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bungled}; p. pr & vb n. {Bungling}.] [Prob. a diminutive from akin to bang; cf Prov. G. bungen to beat bang, OSw. bunga. See {Bang}.] To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bungling \Bun"gling\, a. Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as a bungling workman. --Swift. They make but bungling work --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bungling adj 1: showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" [syn: {clumsy}, {fumbling}, {incompetent}] 2: not skillful in physical movement 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 [syn: {bumbling}, {butterfingered}, {ham-fisted}, {ham-handed}, {handless}, {heavy-handed}, {left-handed}]
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