bungler
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English
Etymology
Noun
bungler (plural bunglers)
- Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
- 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 77:
- "What you mean, comparing me to them botchers and bunglers? There ain't anybody but me in the furniture restoring line."
- 2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by High Prophet of Regret (Robin Atkin Downes), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: The Heretic:
- Noble Prophet of Truth, this has gone on long enough. Make an example of this bungler. The Council demands it.
Synonyms
- blunderer, fuckup, schlemiel; see also Thesaurus:unskilled person
Related terms
Translations
one who makes mistakes
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