bunglesomeadj.
U.S.
Awkward to handle, bungling and troublesome.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > bungling > characterized by
bungling1598
muffish1843
tinkering1880
tangle-footed1888
bunglesome1889
Harry Tate1925
the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or intractable (of things)
wickc1330
riotous1340
wickeda1352
untreatablec1374
frowarda1400
inobedient1495
stubborn?1518
unwieldya1538
unruly1548
wieldlessa1560
hard1560
untoward1566
tickle1570
churlish1577
unwieldsome1579
rebellious1587
disobedient1588
unframeable1593
unwilling1593
untractable1601
unmanageable1606
intractable1607
surly1609
unwedgeablea1616
dogged1627
uncontrollable1648
obdurate1651
morose1652
uncompliant1659
sullen1678
unpliant1716
ungovernable1773
sulky1867
intractile1880
unwieldly1881
bunglesome1915
1889 in Cent. Dict.
1897 Congress. Rec. Feb. App. 55/1 An inexcusable and bunglesome fraud or mistake on the part of some one handling [the ballots].
1915 G. Stratton-Porter M. O'Halloran xv. 337 But this sheet is going to be rather bunglesome. Ma, could you do anything about it?
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adj.1889