bungling meaning and definition

BUNGLING adjective

Definition of bungling (adjective)

1. showing lack of skill or aptitude
   • "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"
   • synonyms: clumsy, fumbling, incompetent
2. lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands
   • "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
   • synonyms: bumbling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed