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BUNGLING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

Example:

could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature

Synonyms:

bumbling; bungling; butterfingered; ham-fisted; ham-handed; handless; heavy-handed; left-handed

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

maladroit (not adroit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Showing lack of skill or aptitude

Example:

his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf

Synonyms:

bungling; clumsy; fumbling; incompetent

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unskilled (not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb bungle

Sense 2

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb bungling

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