bungling : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bungling	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bungling
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bungling adj showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" Synonym(s): bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands; "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse Synonym(s): bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bungling \Bun"gling\, a. Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. --Swift. They make but bungling work. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bungle \Bun"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bungled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bungling}.] [Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf. Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See {Bang}.] To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.