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bungle

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1. bungle - Noun

2. bungle - Verb

Meaning

To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up.

A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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If you bungle raising your children I don't think whatever else you do well matters very much. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Bungle is definitely a priority right now. Trevor Dunn

This ruling has finally nailed down the coffin of what was from the beginning an ill-penned accord. This should make all those who authored and had a hand in writing the accord to get red in the face and immediately turn in their resignation from the government for trying to bungle our Constitution. Francis Escudero

My name is Bruce Feiler, and I'm an explainaholic. I first heard this word used to describe Isaac Asimov, and I knew instantly that I suffered from the same condition. It's the incurable desire to tell, shape, share, occasionally exaggerate, often elongate, and inevitably bungle a good story. Bruce Feiler

The bungle tour is a bit up in the air due to the fact this at we are getting screwed by our overseas label. Trevor Dunn

So to conduct one's life as to realize oneselfthis seems to me the highest attainment possible to a human being. It is the task of one and all of us, but most of us bungle it. Henrik Ibsen

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