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Somehow, this is viewed as another prime example of their incompetence and the certainty they will bungle the manager's search.

From Seattle Times Oct. 7, 2010

And let not the hero be in any fear that he will bungle his entry.

From And Even Now by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

It is wonderful how men will bungle with a tent, when they are not properly drilled to pitch it.

From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Galton, Francis, Sir

"She is better-natured than the others, and, as I dare say your fingers will bungle a little at first, that is a point to be considered."

From Frank's Campaign, or, Farm and Camp by Alger, Horatio

As a matter of natural history they have no more of this than a marten, and will bungle into an ordinarily made dead-fall in the same way.

From Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. by Hunter, Martin