: badly done : unsuccessful because of mistakes : botched
a bungled robbery
a badly bungled attempt
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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.
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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
Also killed that day were Lamar Alexander and Ronnie Jerome Hill, two ex-cons whose exploits that day began with a bungled attempt to rob a Coral Gables jewelry store.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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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
Also killed that day were Lamar Alexander and Ronnie Jerome Hill, two ex-cons whose exploits that day began with a bungled attempt to rob a Coral Gables jewelry store.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2025
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“Bungled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bungled. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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