bungledadj.
/ˈbʌŋɡ(ə)ld/ Done or made clumsily or unskilfully.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > unskilfully made or done
unslya1300
misframeda1450
mismadec1480
ill-fashioned1600
bungled1619
ill-turneda1637
blunderly1746
stickit1784
wall-eyed1847
craftless1905
jack-legged1907
jackleg1936
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > bungling > bungled
bungled1787
muffed1876
boggled1877
blundered1880
bitched-up1893
foozled1899
bitched1918
trashed1926
mucked-up1930
loused-up1948
cocked-up1955
screwed1955
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. viii. 293 They ventur'd foorth to sea in bungled boates.
1787 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 310 Spoiling all his plans by a bungled execution.
1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. (1879) iii. ii. 316 On the ground he [the sloth] appeared..a bungled composition.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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