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bungling

verb

  1. To botch up, bumble or incompetently perform a task; to make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly.

noun

  1. An act of incompetence or ineptitude.

    "Your bungling nearly cost us our jobs."

adjective

  1. Incompetent or inept.

    "Harry made a bungling attempt to catch the ball."

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