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单词 bungling
释义

bungling

adjective

bun·​gling ˈbəŋ-g(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce bungling (audio)
: clumsily awkward or inept
a bungling attempt at humor
… her complaints about bungling doctors and mean-spirited nurses … Michiko Kakutani
bunglingly adverb
a bunglingly inept investigation

Synonyms

  • awkward
  • botched
  • clumsy
  • fumbled
  • inept
  • inexpert
  • maladroit
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Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined above

bungling 1 of 2

adjective

as in clumsy
showing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with a situation) I refuse to let that bungling incompetent insult me again

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • clumsy
  • botched
  • awkward
  • inept
  • incompetent
  • maladroit
  • careless
  • fumbled
  • inexperienced
  • inexpert
  • sloppy
  • amateurish
  • inefficient
  • amateur
  • ineffectual
  • unprofessional
  • unskilled
  • tactless
  • unpolished
  • misdirected
  • misguided
  • crude
  • unskillful
  • ineffectual
  • green
  • ineffective
  • undiplomatic
  • tacky
  • ill-advised

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • adroit
  • competent
  • deft
  • facile
  • professional
  • skillful
  • skilled
  • capable
  • clever
  • consummate
  • masterly
  • expert
  • adept
  • talented
  • diplomatic
  • masterful
  • dexterous
  • able
  • proficient
  • accomplished
  • dextrous
  • polished
  • crackerjack
  • tactful
  • easy
  • gracious
  • smooth
  • effortless
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bungling

2 of 2

verb

present participle of bungle
as in fumbling
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way bungled the job the first time she tried to do it

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • fumbling
  • bumbling
  • blowing
  • botching
  • dubbing
  • murdering
  • mangling
  • butchering
  • ruining
  • muffing
  • flubbing
  • boggling
  • blundering
  • booting
  • spoiling
  • destroying
  • bobbling
  • fluffing
  • damaging
  • marring
  • mucking up
  • screwing up
  • wrecking
  • foozling
  • fouling up
  • muddling
  • lousing up
  • bollixing (up)
  • buggering (up)
  • injuring
  • piffling
  • impairing
  • goofing (up)
  • mutilating
  • blighting
  • hurting
  • flawing
  • mismanaging
  • harming
  • mishandling
  • blemishing
  • messing (up)
  • vitiating
  • gumming (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • improving
  • rectifying
  • helping
  • reforming
  • remedying
  • enhancing
  • ameliorating
  • refining
  • fixing
  • repairing
  • doctoring
  • revamping
  • meliorating
  • patching
  • renovating
  • reconditioning
  • bettering
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