Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To carry out badly or ruin through ineptitude; botch. synonym: botch.
- intransitive verb To work or act ineptly or inefficiently.
- noun A clumsy or inept performance; a botch.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To work or act in a clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner.
- To make or mend clumsily; botch; manage awkwardly or blunderingly; perform inefficiently.
- noun A clumsy performance; a piece of awkward work; a botch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.
- transitive verb To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with
up . - noun A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A botched or incompetently handled situation.
- verb To
botch up,bumble or incompetently perform a task.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- verb spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly
- noun an embarrassing mistake
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Every bungle is followed by the same sorry litany.
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(Troll prophylactic: yes, Mr. Tenet was a holdover from the Clinton administration, but the claim that it's all Bill Clinton's fault, along with everything else that the Bush administration has managed to bungle, is fatuous.
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The bungle was the result of 'misunderstanding at multiple levels' about the machine's use.
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Opposition Leader John Robertson said the bungle was an "absolute disgrace" and the Premier should put interim contacts in place.
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Australian firm admits China name bungle in mega-deal miner Resourcehouse Tuesday admitted giving the wrong name for a metal consumer, will add to last year's record $32 billion spending on resource acquisitions as demand for iron ore,
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Australia miner admits China name bungle in mega-deal
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Australian firm admits China name bungle in mega-deal miner Resourcehouse Tuesday admitted giving the wrong name for a
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Australian firm admits China name bungle in mega-deal
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Australian firm admits China name bungle in mega-deal
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Australian firm admits China name bungle in mega-deal miner Resourcehouse Tuesday admitted giving the wrong name for a metal consumer, will add to last year's record $32 billion spending on resource acquisitions as demand for iron ore,
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