Bungling - English meaning

adjective

Done in an unskilful or inept way.

Usage examples:

Her amateurish interviewing technique

adjective

Performed without much skill

Usage examples:

The movie drags along, made even worse by amateurish acting.

adjective

Having no skill, or showing no skill

Usage examples:

Their website looks amateurish.

adjective

Causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with.

Usage examples:

Some awkward questions

adjective

Difficult to use, do, or deal with

Usage examples:

It's an awkward corner, so take it slowly., some of the questions were rather awkward., it was an a…

adjective

Causing problems, worry, or embarrassment

Usage examples:

Awkward position the government finds itself in a very awkward position., awkward situation he put …

verb

(of wind) move creating an air current.

Usage examples:

A cold breeze was blowing in off the sea

noun

A strong wind.

Usage examples:

We're in for a bit of a blow

noun

A powerful stroke with a hand, weapon, or hard object.

Usage examples:

He received a blow to the skull

adjective

Making or characterized by stupid or careless mistakes; clumsy.

Usage examples:

Both her parents are supportive, if a bit blundering

verb

Make a stupid or careless mistake; act or speak clumsily.

Usage examples:

He knew he'd blundered

adjective

Often making serious mistakes, usually because of not taking care

Usage examples:

You blundering idiot! what do you think you're doing?, a blundering firebomber is being hunted by p…

verb

Carry out (a task) badly or carelessly.

Usage examples:

He was accused of botching the job

noun

A bungled task.

Usage examples:

I've probably made a botch of things

verb

To spoil something by doing it badly

Usage examples:

He thinks the police botched the investigation.

adjective

Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent.

Usage examples:

He's a bumbling fool

verb

Move or act in an awkward or confused manner.

Usage examples:

They bumbled around the house

adjective

Confused and showing no skill

Usage examples:

I've never seen such bumbling incompetence!

adjective

Foolish, awkward, or clumsy.

Usage examples:

A clodhopping version of chase, the moroder's theme from midnight express, only diminishes the ente…

adjective

Used to refer to someone who moves in an awkward way

Usage examples:

You clodhopping idiot!, that clodhopping decorator has spilt a tin of paint all over the floor., bi…

adjective

Used to describe shoes that are heavy in a way that is not very attractive

Usage examples:

Big, clodhopping shoes, i didn't want to tread on her bare feet in my clodhopping work boots.

adjective

Awkward in movement or in handling things.

Usage examples:

The cold made his fingers clumsy

adjective

Awkward in movement or manner

Usage examples:

I’m so clumsy – i keep dropping things., he subsequently wrote a letter to the magazine in an admit…

adjective

A clumsy person often has accidents because they do not behave in a careful, controlled way

Usage examples:

That's the third glass you've smashed this week - you're so clumsy!

noun

Soft fibres from fabrics such as wool or cotton which accumulate in small light clumps.

Usage examples:

He brushed his sleeve to remove the fluff

verb

Make (something) appear fuller and softer by shaking or brushing it.

Usage examples:

I fluffed up the pillows

noun

A soft mass of fibers, feathers, or hair

Usage examples:

Cotton fluff, the cat, a ball of white fluff, darted into the house and started to lick its fur., w…

adjective

Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

Usage examples:

He was foolish enough to confide in her

adjective

Unwise, stupid, or not showing good judgment

Usage examples:

That was a rather foolish thing to do., she was afraid that she would look foolish if she refused.,…

noun

A clumsy or botched attempt at something, especially a shot in golf.

Usage examples:

Overlooking the beach on marco island, the marriott resort offers plenty of places - like quinn's o…

verb

Botch; bungle.

Usage examples:

Sliced approach shots and foozled putts

verb

To hit the ball badly in a game of golf

Usage examples:

He moved his head on his backswing, which caused him to foozle his approach shot., i'm sure that sh…

adjective

Unsophisticated and socially awkward.

Usage examples:

A shy and gauche teenager

adjective

Lacking social polish

adjective

Behaving in a way that is offensive to other people, esp. because of not knowing what is correct or not caring about the feelings of others

Usage examples:

It was gauche to invite them just two days before the party.

adjective

Doing things in an awkward or unskilled way when using the hands or dealing with people

Usage examples:

The report criticizes the ham-fisted way in which complaints were dealt with.

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., …

adjective

Not achieving maximum productivity; wasting or failing to make the best use of time or resources.

Usage examples:

Inefficient transport systems

Not producing desired results; wasteful

adjective

Wasting time, money, energy, or other valuable possessions or qualities

Usage examples:

Many of their industries are hopelessly inefficient., she promised to end government inefficiency.,…

adjective

Having or showing no skill; clumsy.

Usage examples:

The referee's inept handling of the match

adjective

Not skilled or effective

Usage examples:

He was always pretty inept at sports., political/social/economic ineptitude

adjective

Having or showing a lack of skill or knowledge.

Usage examples:

An inexpert transcription from the real music

adjective

Having little skill

Usage examples:

She had made an inexpert attempt to repair the car.

adjective

Moving in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Usage examples:

Bob was a big, lumbering, gentle sort

noun

The action of cutting and preparing forest timber for transport and sale.

Usage examples:

The traditional resource industries of the nation, chiefly fishing and lumbering

verb

Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Usage examples:

A truck lumbered past

phrase

To do something very badly

Usage examples:

He made a complete hash of the last question., we heard a brass band making a hash of "fanfare for …

noun

A condition of disorder and confusion, or something in that condition

Usage examples:

They left the kitchen a mess., we sat in traffic for two hours while they cleaned up the mess from …

idiom

To spoil something or do something very badly

Usage examples:

I've made a muck of it - i'll have to do it again.

adjective

Inefficient or inept; clumsy.

Usage examples:

Both men are unhappy about the maladroit way the matter has been handled

adjective

Awkward in movement or unskilled in behaviour or action

Usage examples:

She can be a little maladroit in social situations.

verb

Impair the quality or appearance of; spoil.

Usage examples:

Violence marred a number of new year celebrations

abbreviation

March.

verb

To spoil something, making it less good or less enjoyable

Usage examples:

Water will mar the finish of polished wood.

verb

Manage or deal with (something) wrongly or ineffectively.

Usage examples:

The officer had mishandled the situation

verb

To deal with something without the necessary care or skill

Usage examples:

The administration completely mishandled this incident.

verb

Manage (something) badly or wrongly.

Usage examples:

He was accused of mismanaging the economy

verb

To manage something badly

Usage examples:

Many of these health-care plans have been mismanaged., officials are facing charges of mismanagement.

verb

To organize or control something badly

Usage examples:

Mismanage a company/the economy the previous bosses had mismanaged the company to the point of coll…

adjective

Not arranged in order; untidy.

Usage examples:

The muddled display of pictures has been taken down

verb

Bring into a disordered or confusing state.

Usage examples:

I fear he may have muddled the message

noun

A tube made of fur or other warm material into which the hands are placed for warmth.

Usage examples:

Through salt lake city and middle america womenswear is urban grunge: purple muffs, denim waistcoat…

verb

Handle (a situation, task, or opportunity) clumsily or badly.

Usage examples:

They muffed several of their biggest projects

noun

A mistake or failure, especially a failure to catch or receive a ball cleanly in sport.

Usage examples:

‘the muff by snodgrass was only one link in a chain of strange events (leading to the red sox victo…

adjective

Rough or clumsy and unintelligent.

Usage examples:

Oafish behaviour

adjective

Stupid, rude, or awkward

Usage examples:

Oafish behaviour, an oafish young man

noun

The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.

Usage examples:

A large white house falling into gentle ruin

verb

Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.

Usage examples:

The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers

verb

To spoil or destroy something

Usage examples:

It would be a shame to ruin such a beautiful place., that guy isn’t going to ruin my life.

verb

Diminish or destroy the value or quality of.

Usage examples:

I wouldn't want to spoil your fun

noun

Goods stolen or taken forcibly from a person or place.

Usage examples:

The looters carried their spoils away

verb

To destroy or damage something, or to become destroyed or damaged

Usage examples:

[ t ] the oil spill spoiled five miles of coastline., [ t ] don’t tell me how it ends, you’ll spoil…

adjective

Tripping or losing balance while walking; moving with difficulty.

Usage examples:

They began their stumbling walk home

verb

Trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall.

Usage examples:

Her foot caught in the rug and she stumbled

adjective

Walking in a way that is awkward or not controlled

Usage examples:

A stumbling figure weaved its way through the shadows., he walked with an awkward, stumbling gait.,…

adjective

Not having or showing skill.

Usage examples:

Though kind and willing, she was unskilful

adjective

Not good at doing something, or lacking skills generally

Usage examples:

Unfortunately, they made a couple of unskilful moves that played directly into the hands of their o…

adjective

Not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome.

Usage examples:

A piece of useless knowledge

adjective

Of no value; worthless

Usage examples:

With dead batteries, the flashlight was useless.