v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bungled p. pr. & vb. n. Bungling ] [ Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf. Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See Bang. ] To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up. [ 1913 Webster ]

I always had an idea that it would be bungled. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those errors and bungles which are committed. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. performed poorly or inadequately; as, a bungled job; the Watergate scandal started with a bungled burglary.
Syn. -- botched, goofed up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles. [ 1913 Webster ]

If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such! Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. awkward to move or use especially because of shape; as, a load of bunglesome paraphernalia.
Syn. -- awkward, clumsy, ungainly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]