[
UK
/bˈʌŋɡəl/
]
NOUN
- an embarrassing mistake
VERB
-
spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly
I bungled it! -
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
How To Use bungle In A Sentence
- From the beginning, the rescue operation was bungled. Times, Sunday Times
- We must have botched the first task, because we've certainly bungled the second.
- She had to be dropped from the newcomer category last month after an eligibility bungle because she had already been shortlisted for best female in 2000, but lost out out to Sonique.
- If it fails, the Democrats will be seen as having broken their promises and/or having once again bungled an opportunity to fix the health care mess, and we could again be stuck with the Republicans for years. Sebelius: There will be competition with private insurers
- Yes, that means more criminals in the dock and fewer bungled investigations. Times, Sunday Times
- First, while not unreasonable, the assumption that we would bungle the task of assigning rationality is speculative.
- They need to be told that they will not become criminals because of the department's bungles and blunders.
- A robber who bungled a post office raid left police the easiest of clues.
- Evidence that British officials bungled the ink cartridge bomb crisis grew yesterday. The Sun
- The people around let out a pitiful laugh at my bungled attempt at humour with a cringing look in their eyes.