bungling

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bungling

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From the verb bungle.

adjective more bungling · most bungling

Incompetent or inept. Harry made a bungling attempt to catch the ball.

noun bunglings

An act of incompetence or ineptitude. Your bungling nearly cost us our jobs.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of bungle

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noun incompetence

Português	deslize, gafe

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"bungling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bungling. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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bungling. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bungling

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"bungling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bungling.

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@misc{bungling_2026,
  title = {bungling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bungling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}