Bungling Meaning in English

word · lemma: bungle

US

ˈbəŋɡəɫɪŋ/, /ˈbəŋɡɫɪŋ

BUNG-ling

UK

bˈʌŋɡəlɪŋ

BUNG-uh-ling

التعريف

Describes actions or people that are clumsy, make mistakes, or handle things in an awkward or careless way.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Usually informal and often used to criticize how someone performs a task. Common with nouns like 'bungling employee', 'bungling attempt', or 'bungling response'. Not as strong as 'incompetent', more about clumsy mistakes.

• Spanish: torpe - chapucero
• Portuguese (BR): desastrado - atrapalhado
• Portuguese (PT): desastrado - trapalhão
• Chinese (Simplified): 笨拙的 - 搞砸的
• Chinese (Traditional): 笨拙的 - 搞砸的
• Hindi: अनाड़ीपन - गड़बड़ी
• Arabic: غير كفء - أخرق
• Bengali: অদক্ষতা - বিশৃঙ্খল আচরণ
• Russian: неуклюжесть - неумелость
• Japanese: 不器用さ - ドジな行動
• Vietnamese: vụng về - lóng ngóng
• Korean: 서투름 - 어설픈 행동
• Turkish: beceriksizlik - sakarlık
• Urdu: اناڑی پن - بے ڈھنگا پن
• Indonesian: ketidaksempurnaan - kecerobohan

جمل نموذجية

The bungling waiter spilled soup on the table.

basic

Their bungling of the project caused many problems.

basic

A bungling attempt was made to fix the printer.

basic

After his bungling explanation, no one understood the instructions.

natural

The team’s bungling cost us the championship.

natural

I'm tired of his bungling when things get serious.

natural