bungled

Adjective
Synonyms: botched

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness“a bungled job”Synonyms: botched
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

bungled \bungled\ adj. performed poorly or inadequately; as, a bungled job; the Watergate scandal started with a bungled burglary.

Syn: botched, goofed up. [WordNet 1.5]

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. [1913 Webster]
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