Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bungling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bungle \Bun"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bungled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bungling}.] [Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf.
Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See {Bang}.]
To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bungling \Bun"gling\, a.
Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. --Swift.
They make but bungling work. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bungling
adj 1: showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman";
"did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a
shelf" [syn: {clumsy}, {fumbling}, {incompetent}]
2: not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands;
"a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance";
"ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely
empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor
creature"- Mary H. Vorse [syn: {bumbling}, {butterfingered},
{ham-fisted}, {ham-handed}, {handless}, {heavy-handed}, {left-handed}]
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