: badly done : unsuccessful because of mistakes : botched
a bungled robbery
a badly bungled attempt
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And to make matters worse, crime rates have risen, demonstrations by taxi drivers have turned violent, and a bungled garbage collection policy has blanketed Luanda with waste and a pestilential stench.
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Ricardo Soares De Oliveira, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2015
Critics charge the village acted hastily in a bungled attempt to unsuccessfully relocate Northbrook’s Metra station south to the former Grainger site.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
With the aura of a cult leader, Nayeri schemed for a payday with dim-bulb high school pals in a bungled plot that left an innocent man mutilated for life.
—Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
The regional head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, threw his phone down and swore at local officials over the bungled mobilization effort.
—Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2022
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Ricardo Soares De Oliveira, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2015
Critics charge the village acted hastily in a bungled attempt to unsuccessfully relocate Northbrook’s Metra station south to the former Grainger site.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
With the aura of a cult leader, Nayeri schemed for a payday with dim-bulb high school pals in a bungled plot that left an innocent man mutilated for life.
—Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
The regional head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, threw his phone down and swore at local officials over the bungled mobilization effort.
—Robyn Dixon, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2022
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“Bungled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bungled. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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