Bungler - English meaning

noun

A person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid rather than a professional basis.

Usage examples:

It takes five years for a top amateur to become a real tour de france rider

adjective

Engaging or engaged in without payment; non-professional.

Usage examples:

Amateur athletics

noun

Someone who makes a lot of serious mistakes, usually because of not taking care

Usage examples:

The chief constable is seen by some as a blunderer., we should be blaming the incompetent blunderer…

noun

A person who makes or repairs something badly or clumsily.

Usage examples:

Those well enough off to employ a professional electrician will continue to do so, and the lethal b…

adjective

Another term for bodgie.

noun

A person who regularly drops or fails to keep hold of things.

Usage examples:

What chance have we got with him in goal ? old butterfingers

noun

A comic entertainer, especially one in a circus, wearing a traditional costume and exaggerated make-up.

Usage examples:

A circus clown

verb

Behave in a comical or playful way.

Usage examples:

Harvey clowned around pretending to be a dog

noun

An entertainer who wears silly clothes and makes people laugh by performing tricks without speech

Usage examples:

The people running this school are a bunch of clowns., stop clowning around and get serious!

adjective

Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully.

Usage examples:

A forgetful and utterly incompetent assistant

noun

An incompetent person.

Usage examples:

The tanker captain was a known incompetent

adjective

Lacking the skills or knowledge to do a job or perform an action correctly or to a satisfactory standard

Usage examples:

Cowden was incompetent and incapable of administering the duties of secretary of the association., …

noun

An incompetent, unskilful, or dishonest person.

Usage examples:

A jackleg carpenter

adjective

Dishonest, or having little skill or training

Usage examples:

The jackleg preacher is a stereotype of black pop culture.

noun

An idle or incompetent person.

Usage examples:

Looks to me like you're the lurdan here.

adjective

Lazy; good-for-nothing.

Usage examples:

Whenever africans try to economise their own resources, the overdeveloped countries, defensively de…

noun

A dog, especially a mongrel.

Usage examples:

A long-haired mutt of doubtful pedigree

noun

A mongrel

noun

An incompetent or stupid person; an idiot.

Usage examples:

My dad is practically in love with him, the stupid prat.

noun

A potato.

Usage examples:

Start by making the mashed potatoes: peel the spuds and cover them with cold water.

verb

Dig up or cut (plants, especially weeds) with a small spade.