(~s, bungling, ~d)
If you ~ something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
Two prisoners ~d an escape bid after running either side of a lamp-post while handcuffed.
...the FBI’s ~d attempt to end the 51 day siege.
= botch
VERB: V n, V-ed
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Bungle is also a noun.
...an appalling administrative ~.
N-COUNT
bungling
...a bungling burglar.
ADJ