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Meanings of bungling in English
Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands.
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Examples for "clumsy"
Examples for "clumsy"
1
The top bolt was within easy reach of his clumsy right paw.
2
It was the crisis, and into it Mollie intruded with clumsy tread.
3
Its confusion rendered it clumsy; and the mistake cost it its life.
4
My work boots felt way too clumsy with their thick rubber soles.
5
For a moment Powell yearned to blast this well-meaning clumsy young normal.
1
Finally, after a good deal of fumbling about she approached the proprietor.
2
Is Labour fumbling the political football when it comes to Maori voters?
3
In his confused fumbling for a name he'd almost said Starship Enterprise.
4
For a moment I thought he was just fumbling the bottleback sushi.
5
It's often an embarrassing, fumbling-in-the-dark experience or a bit of an anti-climax.
1
You simply can't trust this incompetent Tory-led government with the nation's forests.
2
I am therefore, of course, as John affirmed, a very incompetent biographer.
3
Many Britons regard the EU as an incompetent, spendthrift source of bureaucracy.
4
Thus far in our index, Swansea have not done anything incompetent whatsoever.
5
He is very proud and quite incompetent, which is a dangerous combination.
Usage of bungling in English
1
One of the world's richest countries, they said, was bungling its response.
2
Republican and Democratic lawmakers condemned the IRS for bungling the review process.
3
But English cricket has a history of unfathomable decisions and bungling administrators.
4
She was built of planks sewn together in a very bungling manner.
5
They did a bungling bit of work, and the cylinders have overheated.
6
He never looks and never is so big and bungling as there.
7
Thank heaven the bungling detective had missed the departure of Louise altogether.
8
They wouldn't hire some bungling gas inspector, they wouldn't forget a lookout.
9
And a sorry, bungling business I made of it, to be sure.
10
Hemerlingue, even yellower than usual, inwardly accused himself of bungling and imprudence.
11
Revenge is sweet; now it is Edinburgh that is accused of bungling.
12
What sort of bungling novice am I, anyhow, for work like this?
13
No wonder the Lord's work is done in such a bungling way!
14
Don't you think I could if I wished without bungling the effort?
15
But Thursday's pre-hearing was told that government bungling had held the case up.
16
Australia's shadow treasurer, Joe Hockey, accused the government of bungling the decision-making process.
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Bungling through the time
Bungling across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common