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Definition of Bunglesome
1. Adjective. Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape. "The cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
Similar to: Unmanageable, Unwieldy
Derivative terms: Awkwardness
Definition of Bunglesome
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bunglesome
Literary usage of Bunglesome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fundamental Facts for the Teacher by Elmer Burritt Bryan (1912)
"A bungler does bunglesome work; the result of bunglesome work is a bungler.
A trifler does trifling work; the result of trifling work is that the trifler is ..."
2. One of Ours by Willa Cather (1922)
"... back in squeaky Sunday shoes and a bunglesome cut-away coat. The latter was
not required of him, but he wore it for revenge. During supper Mrs. Wheeler ..."
3. Economic Motives: A Study in the Psychological Foundations of Economic by Dickinson, Zenas Clark, 1889- (1922)
"... and the ' selling ' methods may moreover be bunglesome. But gradually we may
expect to see all the new effective arts of persuasion utilized for ..."
4. Papers and Proceedings of the Annual Meeting by American Economic Association (1920)
"Indeed their luxury tax, which served as a model for our own, was finally considered
too bunglesome to deserve a trial and has never been put into operation ..."
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