English
Etymology
Perhaps Old Norse
Pronunciation
IPA|/�b��gl/, SAMPA|/"bVNgl/
Noun
en-noun
- A botched or incompetently handled situation.
#:1888 The Soudan bungle was born partly of sentimental loyalty and partly of the aforementioned jealousy existing between the colonies, and now at a time when the colonies should club closer together our Government is doing all they can to widen the breach by trying to pass a bill enabling New South Wales to monopolise the name �Australia�. � Henry Lawson, "s:United Division|United Division".
Verb
en-verb|bungl|ing
- To botch up, bumble or incompetently perform a task.
#:1853 His hand shakes, he is nervous, and it falls off. �Would any one believe this?� says he, catching it as it drops and looking round. �I am so out of sorts that I bungle at an easy job like this!� � Charles Dickens, Bleak House, s:Bleak House/Chapter XLIX|Chapter 49.
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