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bungles

  • present tense form
    of bungle (3rd person singular).
    bungle
    verb (used with object)
    to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch.

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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

But it still bungles the Lemon test question, the Clay-Randolph duel location and a question about MTV’s top video of 1996.

From Washington Times ● May 29, 2023

Charlotte and George marry, then George immediately bungles their budding marital bliss.

From Salon ● May 6, 2023

But if those were my worst bungles in 12 months, I’ll settle for them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2023

Colonel Bellairs always bungled into business matters of the simplest nature as a bumble bee bungles into a spider's web.

From Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron by Mary Cholmondeley