to bungle
16
6.8
- verb
- /ˈbʌŋɡəl/
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- The chef bungled the recipe, resulting in a dish that was inedible.
- bungled it so badly
And their, their, their, their enthusiasm around voting, the Democrats generally bungle these types of opportunities to Marshall support.
- And their, their, their, their enthusiasm around voting, the Democrats generally bungle these types of opportunities to Marshall support.
- And now we're in this situation where we've bungled and mishandled this to such a vast degree that there's no end insight for this current protocol.
Examples
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I bungled it.
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Where Obama has bungled things, he has usually bungled them by being too hawkish.
Blog text (32) -
No, you bungled this, Joey.
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Oh, well then, no wonder you bungled it.
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At least you didn't bungle this one.
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I put those two up to it and they bungled it.
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And to overlook or bungle it can only mean problems later on.
Academic text (1997) -
You've bungled this whole thing from beginning to end.
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I've bungled the whole thing.
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And now we're in this situation where we've bungled and mishandled this to such a vast degree that there's no end insight for this current protocol.
Synonyms
641
6.3
To make a mistake that ruins what you are doing
597
2.8
To make a mistake that causes a problem
203
9.9
To make a serious mistake that ruins something
80
2.8
To make something less good or enjoyable
63
6.0
To do something badly and spoil the result
38
6.1
Fail to do something you are responsible for
37
9.9
To do something badly and ruin how it turns out
20
4.9
Deal with something badly so it causes problems or damage
19
3.5
To do something clumsily and make a mistake
18
5.4
To move in a clumsy, confused way
17
5.6
To make a silly or careless mistake
8
6.4
To make a mistake that ruins something because you are careless
5
8.2
To fail to catch or handle something because you are clumsy
5
7.6
To ruin something by making mistakes or doing it badly
4
8.1
To make a mess of a plan or task by doing it badly
2
5.4
To make a mistake especially by forgetting words on stage
2
6.8
To make an embarrassing mistake because you are careless or nervous
2
6.7
Do a job badly and make a mess of it
1
4.2
Do something that is a serious and embarrassing mistake
1
7.9
To do something badly and ruin how it turns out
1
9.9
To do something so badly that it fails
1
7.4
To make a small mistake when trying to do something, for example in sport or speech
To handle something clumsily and make a mistake often in a game
Do a job badly so it does not work
To spoil or ruin something by making a careless mistake
To ruin something by doing it badly
To make a serious, embarrassing mistake by being careless
To do something badly so it goes wrong
Antonyms
How Badly
100
3.2
63
6.0
16
6.8
20
4.9
19
3.5
- Informal
27
4.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bungle as a verb comes from the older word bung, which means to 'put in roughly' or 'plug', so to bungle something is to do it in a rough, clumsy way and make mistakes.