bungle
verb (used with object)
to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch.
is bungling
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present progressiveof bungle (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A global microchip shortage is bungling supply chains even more.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2021
Even more distressing, the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency is bungling a $1 billion program to develop what the Pentagon calls its "Flexible Target Family."
From Time Magazine Archive
The treatment the physicians give is bungling and dangerous and greatly uncertain.
From A Tale of the Kloster A Romance of the German Mystics at the Cocalico by Brother Jabez
And when ordinary fellows like you and me attempt to cope with their idiosyncrasies the result is bungling.
From The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin
