bungle
verb (used with object)
to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch.
had been bungling
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past perfect progressiveof bungle.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Enderby divined that Alford had been bungling the matter, and he was willing to help him out if he could.
From Between the Dark and the Daylight by William Dean Howells
