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Examples of bungle in a Sentence
The government bungled badly in planning the campaign.
bungled the job the first time she tried to do it
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But, once again, President Donald Trump's administration bungled another seemingly simple task by omitting the name of Gauthier Destenay, the first gentleman of Luxembourg from the photo caption on Facebook.
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Ineffective and bungling police, fanatic sects, and disaffected scientists are hardly limited to the Japanese.
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Origin and Etymology of bungle
perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic banga to hammer
BUNGLE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of bungle for English Language Learners
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: to make mistakes in doing (something) : to not do (something) well or successfully
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: to act, do, make, or work badly bungled the job
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