bungle /ˈbʌŋɡ(ə)l/verb 2noun 1forms 3 verb2 •To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble. •To act or work incompetently; to fumble. noun1 •A botched or incompetently handled action or situation; a blunder.The second figure [of the dance] commenced, and I made a sad bungle; so I did of the third, and fourth, and fifth, for I never had danced a cotillon. — 1833 formsbungled · bungling · bungles
