Meanings
nounbungler (plural bunglers)
plural bunglers
- Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
Noble Prophet of Truth, this has gone on long enough. Make an example of this bungler. The Council demands it.
2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by High Prophet of Regret (Robin Atkin Downes), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: The Heretic1 more example
"What you mean, comparing me to them botchers and bunglers? There ain't anybody but me in the furniture restoring line."
1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 77
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
Broader
incompetentincompetent person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Catalan barroer, barroera
- barroerone who makes mistakes
- barroeraone who makes mistakes
Chinese Mandarin 糊塗蟲 /糊涂虫, 笨手笨腳 /笨手笨脚
- 糊塗蟲 /糊涂虫 (hútuchóng)one who makes mistakes
- 笨手笨腳 /笨手笨脚 (bènshǒubènjiǎo)one who makes mistakes
Czech packal, vrták
- packalone who makes mistakes
- vrtákone who makes mistakes
- nešikaone who makes mistakes
- fušerone who makes mistakes
Dutch stumper
- stumperone who makes mistakes
Esperanto fuŝulo, fuŝisto
- fuŝuloone who makes mistakes
- fuŝistoone who makes mistakes
Finnish tunari
- tunarione who makes mistakes
French bousilleur, bousilleuse
- bousilleurone who makes mistakes
- bousilleuseone who makes mistakes
German Pfuscher, Pfuscherin
- Pfuscherone who makes mistakes
- Pfuscherinone who makes mistakes
- Stümperone who makes mistakes
Irish útamálaí
- útamálaíone who makes mistakes
Japanese 不器用者, へぼ
- 不器用者 (bukiyōmono)one who makes mistakes
- へぼ (hebo)one who makes mistakes
Māori ninipa
- ninipaone who makes mistakes
Russian растя́па, рази́ня
- растя́па (rastjápa)one who makes mistakes
- рази́ня (razínja)one who makes mistakes
- простофи́ля (prostofílja)one who makes mistakes
- бе́столочь (béstoločʹ)one who makes mistakes
- ротозе́й (rotozéj)one who makes mistakes
- о́лух (ólux)one who makes mistakes
Spanish torpe
- torpeone who makes mistakes
Swedish klåpare, klant
- klåpareone who makes mistakes
- klantone who makes mistakes
Ukrainian бракоро́б
- бракоро́б (brakorób)one who makes mistakes
Welsh bwngler, bwnglerwr
- bwnglerone who makes mistakes
- bwnglerwrone who makes mistakes
Yiddish שלימיל, פּאַרטאַטש
- שלימיל (shlimil)one who makes mistakes
- פּאַרטאַטש (partatsh)one who makes mistakes
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APA
bungler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bungler
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“bungler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bungler. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bungler,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bungler.
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