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showing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with a situation)
- I refuse to let that bungling incompetent insult me again
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bungling
verb
present participle of bungle
Synonyms & Antonyms of bungling (Entry 2 of 2)
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
- bungled the job the first time she tried to do it
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The first known use of bungling was in 1589
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