Fumble the task
To bungle is to carry out a task clumsily or incompetently, ruining the result through ineptitude: The contractor bungled the renovation so badly we had to start over.
A bungle is an instance of such failure.
A bungled robbery goes wrong; a bungled surgery harms the patient.
The word emphasizes not just failure but awkward, avoidable failure.
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Fumble the task
To bungle is to carry out a task clumsily or incompetently, ruining the result through ineptitude: The contractor bungled the renovation so badly we had to start over.
A bungle is an instance of such failure.
A bungled robbery goes wrong; a bungled surgery harms the patient.
The word emphasizes not just failure but awkward, avoidable failure.
1. comic — pow, Sudden impact exclamation; bam (Loud impact sound); wham (Forceful impact sound); zonk (Slang for passing out); zap · splat · crash · thud · bonk · clunk · oops · whoops · yikes · kapow
execution qualitybungle ≠ ace Single-pip card; nail · master · pull off · carry off · finesse
remediationbungle ≠ fix Repair or solution; repair · rectify · mend · remedy · patch
outcome/resultbungle ≠ succeed Achieve a desired aim; triumph · accomplish · achieve · clinch · win
errors: error, mistake, blunder, blunders, fault; bloopers: bloopers, blooper, fail, gag reel, outtakes; blunders: blunder, blunders, blundered, mistakes, botch; clumsiness: clumsiness, clumsy, awkwardness, fumble, stumble; failing: fail, fails, collapse, flop, bomb; failures: failure, failures, flop, flops, bust
bungling, bungled, bungles, bungler, bunglers, bunglings
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/bungle