bungled
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6.1
- adjective
- /ˈbʌŋɡəld/
:
torpe
- Missed notes and bungled entrances do not portend the end of the world.
I love direct translation of languages because the actual direct translation is often like a strange bungled English.
- I love direct translation of languages because the actual direct translation is often like a strange bungled English.
Examples
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Hey, Mitt, how's your bungled criticism of Obama's foreign policy working out for you?
Blog text (27) -
The team's bungled attempt to fix the leak resulted in more damage to the house.
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So as we approach the crucial stage of the Government's bungled Brexit negotiations, we face a choice about the sort of economy we want.
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The Plainfield Chief simply cannot afford another bungled call and expect to keep his job.
Blog text (9) -
Agent Sympathy, given all your bungled assignments in the past, I suppose you're wondering why I picked you for this mission.
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The extent of U.N. ineptitude was dramatically exposed by its bungled response in Somalia.
Academic text (1993) -
Congressional investigators and the public focused on Nixon's connection to the bungled 1972 burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
Academic text (2007) -
Not only did the Bush administration disregard the UN Security Council when it launched its preventive war against Iraq, but its justification for the war turned out to be false, and its bungled occupation has inflicted new suffering on the Iraqi people.
Academic text (2005) -
Her bungled directions led us to the wrong location for the meeting.
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After the manager's bungled plan, the project was delayed by several weeks.
Synonyms
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8.1
Made carelessly and without attention to detail
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5.9
Ruined because someone did the job badly
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6.8
Clumsy and not skilled, often making mistakes
In serious trouble with no easy way out
Made in a clumsy way and not of good quality
How Damaged
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bungled probably comes from a short word bung that meant 'to plug' or 'to stuff', so you can picture someone stuffing things in the wrong way. So, if a task is bungled, it is spoiled or ruined by clumsy, wrong handling.