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Definition of bungle

an embarrassing mistake
spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly; "I bungled it!"
make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

Hyponyms: snafu, spectacle, bull, fumble, muff, fluff, faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie, howler, clanger, trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep

Derivational Morphology: botch, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, sin, blunder, boob, goof, blooper, bloomer, foul-up, boner, boo-boo, bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up, spoiling, spoilage, screwup

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