: badly done : unsuccessful because of mistakes : botched
a bungled robbery
a badly bungled attempt
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Winter and even hurricane history is replete with bungled responses in cities like New York, where former Mayor Michael Bloomberg famously dismissed the threat posed by Superstorm Sandy once it was no longer formally referred to as a hurricane.
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Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
From a bungled email prematurely announcing another massive round of layoffs to scrutiny around the company’s $75 million investment in a documentary about the first lady, Amazon heads into its quarterly earnings report next week surrounded by a deafening level of outside noise.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
The championship isn’t even four years on from bungled officiating, ultimately deciding a title.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
An English court has sentenced a West Allis woman to 30 years in prison for her role in a bungled plot to kill a man with whom her online boyfriend had an ongoing beef.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
From a bungled email prematurely announcing another massive round of layoffs to scrutiny around the company’s $75 million investment in a documentary about the first lady, Amazon heads into its quarterly earnings report next week surrounded by a deafening level of outside noise.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
The championship isn’t even four years on from bungled officiating, ultimately deciding a title.
—Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
An English court has sentenced a West Allis woman to 30 years in prison for her role in a bungled plot to kill a man with whom her online boyfriend had an ongoing beef.
—Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Bungled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bungled. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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