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BUNGLING
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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:
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:
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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