bungle
verb (used with object)
to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch.
bungles
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present tense formof bungle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Its title comes from a Delhi University slang: to "give it those ones" is to perform one's usual act - bungles included.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
Charlotte and George marry, then George immediately bungles their budding marital bliss.
From Salon ● May 6, 2023
He said whatever bungles did occur happened at the management level, with whoever thought it a good idea to deploy mounted agents to block routes to the camp.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 19, 2022
She cheerfully charts her errors in judgment, her bungles, her myopia.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2020
Finally Vaubois bungles, through not knowing the ground, and is put under the orders of Massena, while two of his half-brigades are severely censured by Napoleon in person for their cowardice.
From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Henry Foljambe Hall
