Meaning & use
bungle
To carry out a task badly or clumsily, usually causing failure.
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The contractor bungled the renovation so badly that the family had to move out.
Officials admitted they had bungled the response to the initial reports of flooding.
A note on using this word
Bungle almost always implies incompetence rather than bad luck; the mistake could reasonably have been avoided.
Words with a similar meaning
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