bunglern.
/ˈbʌŋɡlə/, U.S. /ˈbəŋɡlər/ One who bungles; a clumsy unskilful worker.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > unskilful action or working > person
blundererc1440
blunt-workerc1440
botcher1440
bumblerc1530
bungler1533
haggler1577
bumbiea1585
tool1699
screw-up1944
foul-up1945
fuck-upc1945
omnishambles2009
1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. ii. x. f. cxlvv He is euen but a very bungler.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 45 If any Carpenter Smith, or Weaver, were such a bungler in his trade.
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. II. 326 A bungler at all..sports that required..patience or adroitness.
1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 292 The greatest bungler that ever botched a block of marble.
Derivatives
bungler-like adj. and adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > bungling
bodging1565
bungling1589
scambling1589
bungler-like1603
mismanaging1789
muffing1841
duffing1862
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > clumsily or awkwardly > in a bungling manner
bungler-like1603
bunglingly1611
bogglingly1863
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 425 That painter..hauing bunglerlike drawne..some Cockes.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rudement,..ruggedly, harshly, bunglarlike.
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