Synonyms of the word bungling


BUNGLINGBUMBLING - BUTTERFINGERED - CLUMSY - FUMBLING - HAM-FISTED - HAM-HANDED - HANDLESS - HEAVY-HANDED - INCOMPETENT - LEFT-HANDED - MALADROIT - UNSKILLED

bungling

  • adj. Incompetent or inept.
  • n. An act or acts of incompetence or ineptitude.
  • v. present participle of bungle.

bumbling

  • n. An act of bumbling, a mistake or error especially through clumsiness.
  • v. present participle of bumble.

butterfingered

  • adj. prone to dropping things; clumsy.

clumsy

  • adj. awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
  • adj. Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
  • adj. awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
  • n. (informal, fairly rare) A clumsy person.

fumbling

  • v. present participle of fumble.
  • n. An instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers.

ham-fisted

  • adj. Lacking skill in physical movement, especially with the hands.
  • adj. (by extension) Lacking skill in general.

ham-handed

  • adj. Clumsy, heavy, or inept; not delicate, light or gentle.

handless

  • adj. Without a hand.
  • adj. Without a handle.

heavy-handed

  • adj. Clumsy, awkward.
  • adj. Excessive, overdone.
  • adj. Simplistic, lacking subtlety or nuance.
  • adj. Overbearing; pushy and coercive.
  • adj. Extreme; unnecessarily forceful; harsh, oppressive, and cruel.

incompetent

  • adj. Unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.
  • adj. Unable to make rational decisions, insane or otherwise cognitively impaired.
  • adj. (medicine) an incompetent cervix is one that opens too early in pregnancy, provoking the baby to be born.
  • n. A person who is incompetent.

left-handed

  • adj. Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
  • adj. Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand.
  • adj. Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise.
  • adj. Awkward or maladroit.
  • adj. Insincere or malicious.
  • n. Left-handed people, taken as a whole.

maladroit

  • adj. Not adroit; awkward, clumsy, inept.
  • n. Somebody who is inept, or lacking in skill, or talent.

unskilled

  • adj. Of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training.
  • adj. Of a job: not requiring skill or training.
  • adj. Of a made object: inexpertly made or showing a lack of skill.

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