bunglingn.

/ˈbʌŋɡlɪŋ/

Etymology: < bungle v.

1. The action of the verb to bungle v.; unskilful or clumsy working or action.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working

blunderingc1440

blunt-workingc1440

bumbling1533

stumbling1569

bumble1621

bodging1634

budgelling1657

bungling1663

boggling1834

bunglery1837

muffing1841

perpetration1849

foozling1927

muck-up1942

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 97 To profane a thing So sacred, with vile bungleing.

1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 27 To believe that..the whole Universe is meer bungling and blundering.

1846 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors IV. cxvi. 344 Losing all patience at his bungling.

†2. ? Used (for the sake of rhyme) for bundling.

ΚΠ

1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe 78 The Vipers yongling..can[not] endure the bongling Within the Vipers belly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

bunglingadj.

Etymology: Formed as bungle v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbungling.

1. That bungles; unskilful and clumsy in working.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > bungling

bodging1565

bungling1589

scambling1589

bungler-like1603

mismanaging1789

muffing1841

duffing1862

1589 Nashe in Greene Menaph. (Arb.) Ded. 12 Such bungling practitioners in principles.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. lxxv A Bungling Tinker, that makes two Holes, while he mends one.

1747 G. Costard in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 483 Such Notions..demonstrate them to be very bungling Astronomers.

1875 T. Hill True Order Stud. 66 Danger of a bungling teacher's extinguishing the child's thirst for knowledge.

2. Of actions: Showing unskilfulness, clumsy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > bungling > characterized by

bungling1598

muffish1843

tinkering1880

tangle-footed1888

bunglesome1889

Harry Tate1925

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A..bungling peece of worke.

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xi. xviii. 439 It is a shamefull and bungling part to doe more harme with your hand, than the Iron [of an Arrow] hath done.

1773 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 439 Done in an awkward bungling manner.

1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. App. 635 The bungling attempt of a compiler.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	bungling
释义	bunglingn. /ˈbʌŋɡlɪŋ/ Etymology: < bungle v. 1. The action of the verb to bungle v.; unskilful or clumsy working or action. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working blunderingc1440 blunt-workingc1440 bumbling1533 stumbling1569 bumble1621 bodging1634 budgelling1657 bungling1663 boggling1834 bunglery1837 muffing1841 perpetration1849 foozling1927 muck-up1942 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 97 To profane a thing So sacred, with vile bungleing. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. i. 27 To believe that..the whole Universe is meer bungling and blundering. 1846 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors IV. cxvi. 344 Losing all patience at his bungling. †2. ? Used (for the sake of rhyme) for bundling. ΚΠ 1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe 78 The Vipers yongling..can[not] endure the bongling Within the Vipers belly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018). bunglingadj. Etymology: Formed as bungle v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbungling. 1. That bungles; unskilful and clumsy in working. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > bungling bodging1565 bungling1589 scambling1589 bungler-like1603 mismanaging1789 muffing1841 duffing1862 1589 Nashe in Greene Menaph. (Arb.) Ded. 12 Such bungling practitioners in principles. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. lxxv A Bungling Tinker, that makes two Holes, while he mends one. 1747 G. Costard in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 483 Such Notions..demonstrate them to be very bungling Astronomers. 1875 T. Hill True Order Stud. 66 Danger of a bungling teacher's extinguishing the child's thirst for knowledge. 2. Of actions: Showing unskilfulness, clumsy. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > bungling > characterized by bungling1598 muffish1843 tinkering1880 tangle-footed1888 bunglesome1889 Harry Tate1925 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A..bungling peece of worke. 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xi. xviii. 439 It is a shamefull and bungling part to doe more harme with your hand, than the Iron [of an Arrow] hath done. 1773 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 439 Done in an awkward bungling manner. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. App. 635 The bungling attempt of a compiler. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1593adj.1589
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