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bungling

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bungling in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. 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
    bumbling  bungling  butterfingered  ham-fisted  ham-handed  handless  heavy-handed  left-handed 
  2. showing lack of skill or aptitude
    "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"
    bungling  clumsy  fumbling  incompetent 
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