bungled
Fumbled the execution
Bungled means badly botched or mishandled.
A bungled robbery fails through incompetence.
A bungled surgery goes wrong due to error.
The word emphasizes clumsy execution rather than bad luck—someone bungled it, and the mess was avoidable: The whole operation was bungled from the start.
Poorly executed, spoiled
- fumbledHandled awkwardly, dropped
- mishandledManaged incompetently
- flubbedMade an error
- messed upDisordered or badly handled
screwed up · blundered · ruined · spoiled · wrecked · fouled up · mangled · marred
Lacking physical coordination
- ineptLacking skill or competence
- amateurishLacking professional skill
- ham-fistedLacking dexterity or subtlety
- maladroitLacking physical deftness
awkward · unskilled · careless · sloppy · negligent · haphazard · bumbling · fumbling
Badly performed task
- shoddyOf poor craftsmanship
- patchedRepaired with covering material
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- jury-riggedTemporarily fixed with scraps
hack job · bodged · substandard · defective · faulty · flawed · improvised · cobbled together
botched
Poorly executed, spoiled
- fumbledHandled awkwardly, dropped
- mishandledManaged incompetently
- flubbedMade an error
messed up · screwed up · blundered · ruined · spoiled · wrecked · fouled up · mangled · marred · mucked up
clumsy
Lacking physical coordination
- ineptLacking skill or competence
- amateurishLacking professional skill
- ham-fistedLacking dexterity or subtlety
maladroit · awkward · unskilled · careless · sloppy · negligent · haphazard · bumbling · fumbling · hapless
botched job
Badly performed task
- shoddyOf poor craftsmanship
- patchedRepaired with covering material
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
jury-rigged · hack job · bodged · substandard · defective · faulty · flawed · improvised · cobbled together · quick fix
heist
Organized large-scale theft
burglary · accomplice · amateur · caught · arrested · foiled · backfired · traced · witness · evidence
- blundersblunder, blunders, blundered, mistakes, botch
- botchedbotched, messed up, screwed up, fouled up, mucked up
- shortcomingsdeficient, inadequate, lacking, inferior, subpar
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, error, errors
- slapdashsloppy, hasty, rushed, careless, haphazard
- off targetoff target, off-target, off the mark, wide of the mark, wide
bungledsucceeded
Achieved desired outcome
accomplished · successful · achieved · pulled off · nailed it
bungle, bungling, bungles, bungler, bunglers, bunglingly, bunglings