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单词 bungler
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Definition of bungler in English:

bungler

noun ˈbʌŋɡləˈbəŋɡ(ə)lər
  • A person who habitually bungles things; an amateur.

    the government is evidently a bunch of bunglers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, when the crowds arrived on Saturday morning the USGA looked like incompetent bunglers to the 10,000 or so of paying punters trying to get into the Bridge Gate.
    • But these are bad times for organised crime in America - its popularity is down, and the public are more likely to view perpetrators as laughable bunglers rather than coldly efficient professionals.
    • These Brits are either bunglers, incompetent, mean-spirited, or they have no minds of their own.
    • Contrary to the Hollywood stereotype, the Nazi armies were far from being filled with rigid bunglers.
    • My experience is that they are such bunglers that such an offer would be highly irrelevant.
    Synonyms
    blunderer, incompetent, amateur, bumbler, botcher, clown, hopeless case
    informal mutt, butterfingers
    British informal bodger, prat
    North American informal jackleg, spud
    archaic lurdan
    (bunglers) British informalshower
 
 

Definition of bungler in US English:

bungler

nounˈbəNGɡ(ə)lərˈbəŋɡ(ə)lər
  • A person who habitually bungles things; an amateur.

    the Los Angeles Times this morning called them bunglers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Contrary to the Hollywood stereotype, the Nazi armies were far from being filled with rigid bunglers.
    • My experience is that they are such bunglers that such an offer would be highly irrelevant.
    • These Brits are either bunglers, incompetent, mean-spirited, or they have no minds of their own.
    • But these are bad times for organised crime in America - its popularity is down, and the public are more likely to view perpetrators as laughable bunglers rather than coldly efficient professionals.
    • However, when the crowds arrived on Saturday morning the USGA looked like incompetent bunglers to the 10,000 or so of paying punters trying to get into the Bridge Gate.
    Synonyms
    blunderer, incompetent, amateur, bumbler, botcher, clown, hopeless case
 
 
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