bungler

noun

bun·​gler ˈbəŋ-g(ə-)lər 

plural -s

: a clumsy and awkward person

could not think with calmness of the possibility of appearing in the light of a bungler and an incompetent

—J. C. Kirkpatrick

muddleheaded bunglers

—C. W. M. Hart

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