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Bungling
(gcide) | Bungling \Bun"gling\, a.
Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. --Swift.
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They make but bungling work. --Dryden.
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Bungling
(gcide) | 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.
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bungling
(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: bungling, clumsy, fumbling,
incompetent]
2: 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
[syn: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted,
ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed] |
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Bunglingly
(gcide) | Bunglingly \Bun"gling*ly\, adv.
Clumsily; awkwardly.
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bungling
(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: bungling, clumsy, fumbling,
incompetent]
2: 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
[syn: bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted,
ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed] |
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