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Definition of Bungled
1. Adjective. Spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness. "A bungled job"
Definition of Bungled
1. Verb. (past of bungle) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bungled
1. bungle [v] - See also: bungle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bungled
Literary usage of Bungled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson (1893)
"... MP, suggests Abdication—A bungled Volunteer Review at Windsor—A Hot London
Season—Serious Illness of the Queen—Her Tour in Switzerland—Death of the ..."
2. The Lions of the Lord: A Tale of the Old West by Harry Leon Wilson (1903)
"How the Avenger bungled His Vengeance AT last he stood up, slowly, unsteadily,
grasping Follett by the arm for support. He spoke almost in a whisper. ..."
3. The Local Courts' and Municipal GazetteLaw reports, digests, etc (1868)
"But this does not prove the Act a bungled or defective affair. "Scarboro" reminds
me of Lord Palmerston's reply to the Scotch Clerical petition to the ..."
4. International Policy: Essays on the Foreign Relations of England by Richard Congreve, Frederic Harrison, Edward Spencer Beesly, Edward Henry Pember, John Henry Bridges, Charles Alfred Cookson, Henry Dix Hutton (1866)
""We have bungled Ireland; we have bungled India; we have bungled Jamaica; we have
mismanaged Celts, Kafirs, Hindoos, Maoris, and Negroes; ..."
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