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Definition of Bungler
1. Noun. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
Generic synonyms: Incompetent, Incompetent Person
Derivative terms: Blunder, Botch, Bumble, Bungle, Bungle, Butcherly, Fumble, Stumble
Definition of Bungler
1. n. A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles.
Definition of Bungler
1. Noun. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bungler
1. one that bungles [n -S] - See also: bungles
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bungler
Literary usage of Bungler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1914)
"THE bungler You glow in my heart Like the flames of uncounted candles. But when
I go to warm my hands, My clumsiness overturns the light, And then I stumble ..."
2. John Bull & Co.: The Great Colonial Branches of the Firm: Canada, Australia by Max O'Rell (1894)
"... Character— The Artist and the bungler—A Sham Democrat—Government by and for
the Workingman—Public Orators—Stories of Workmen—End of the Tragic Story of ..."
3. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"Pyne, cited bungler). COBLE.— F.NET. COCK OF HAY. — An Indictment for setting
fire to a " Cock " of Hay, held, not sustainable under an Act making it an ..."
4. The London Theatre: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Dramatic Pieces by Thomas Dibdin (1815)
"[Exeunt. fiir T. 'Ecod, with all my heart; though I am a main bungler at a long
story. ... bungler ..."
5. Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Amy Lowell (1921)
"THE bungler You glow in my heart Like the flames of uncounted candles. But when
I go to warm my hands, My clumsiness overturns the light, And then I stumble ..."
6. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Parsons Lathrop, Julian Hawthorne (1883)
"... while the above-mentioned Clarke Mills — certainly the greatest bungler that
ever botched a block of marble — has received an order for an equestrian ..."
7. Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, Shortly by Moritz August von Thümmel (1821)
"I thought at the moment of the listening Cupid, in the most secluded corner of
your park, which is certainly not the work of a bungler. ..."
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