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bungle

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bungle/ˈbʌŋɡl/

▶verb carry out (a task) clumsily or incompetently.

■ (as adj. bungling) prone to making mistakes.

▶noun a mistake or failure.

– derivatives
bungler noun.

– origin C16: of unknown origin; cf. bumble.

'bungle' also found in these Oxford entries:

balls - blow - bollix - boss-eyed - flub - foozle - fusel oil - muff - patzer

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