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bungle

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bungle /ˈbʌŋgəl/ verb
bungles; bungled; bungling
bungle
/ˈbʌŋgəl/
verb
bungles; bungled; bungling
Learner's definition of BUNGLE
: to make mistakes in doing (something) : to not do (something) well or successfully搞糟;搞砸
[+ object]
[no object]

— bungle

noun, plural bungles [count]

— bungled

adjective

— bungler

noun, plural bunglers [count]

— bungling

adjective

— bungling

noun [noncount]
BNC: 23903 COCA: 22574

bungle

verb

bun·​gle ˈbəŋ-gəl How to pronounce bungle (audio)
bungled; bungling ˈbəŋ-g(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce bungle (audio)

intransitive verb

: to act or work clumsily and awkwardly
bungled badly in the campaign

transitive verb

: mishandle, botch
bungle a job
bungled the investigation
bungle noun
bungler noun

Example Sentences

The government bungled badly in planning the campaign. bungled the job the first time she tried to do it
Recent Examples on the Web But the early episodes bungle their dynamic, with an unspecific friendship that's relegated to the sidelines. Darren Franich, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2022 Yet no matter how true Adam Smith’s theories have proven to be, politicians and corporate leaders bungle the idea with depressing regularity. Rich Karlgaard, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 The fifth-round draft choice — no, Cincinnati did not bungle a pick on a kicker here — the kid has hit all 12 of his field goals, including four in the wild-card round, then winners at Tennessee and Kansas City. Barry Wilner, ajc, 12 Feb. 2022 Attorney Kim Foxx managed to bungle things up early by exchanging texts with a relative of Smollett’s, and everything got weirder from there. Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2021 That is a question for the next president of baseball operations to solve, and the Mets cannot afford to bungle another job search. New York Times, 1 Oct. 2021 Other members of the board wanted to make sure the state didn’t bungle the reopening. Kiera Feldman, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021 Don’t mess around and bungle the best quarterback situation the Seahawks franchise has ever seen. Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2021 The on-field product was a disaster, only in part because of a season-ending injury to quarterback Dak Prescott, and the new coach found something new to bungle almost every week. Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 5 Jan. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic banga to hammer

First Known Use

1530, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of bungle was in 1530
BNC: 23903 COCA: 22574

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