资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bungle \Bun"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bungled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Bungling}.] [Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf.
   Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See {Bang}.]
   To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

Bungling \Bun"gling\, a.
   Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. --Swift.

         They make but bungling work.             --Dryden.

资料来源 : WordNet®

bungling
     adj 1: showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman";
            "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a
            shelf" [syn: {clumsy}, {fumbling}, {incompetent}]
     2: not skillful in physical movement 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 [syn: {bumbling}, {butterfingered},
         {ham-fisted}, {ham-handed}, {handless}, {heavy-handed}, {left-handed}]