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adjective

Definition of bunglingnext
as in clumsy
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

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verb

present participle of bungle
as in fumbling
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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