bunglesome

bun·gle·some
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/ˈbʌŋɡəlsəm/

adjective

Characterised or marked by bungling; ungainly; awkward; incompetent.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivebunglesome (comparative more bunglesome, superlative most bunglesome)

comparative more bunglesome · superlative most bunglesome

  1. Characterised or marked by bungling; ungainly; awkward; incompetent.

    They were quite bunglesome working together initially, and she didn't understand why. Sometimes she felt uncomfortable.

    2008, Ericka Courtney, The Gentle Rapist
    2 more examples

    Furthermore, though there are those who complain of official France, the bunglesome administration, the interminable red tape, I was not one of those who suffered any great inconvenience from these obstacles to progress.

    2012, Burris Jenkins, Facing The Hindenburg Line

    These combined odours somewhat dispersed Dan's gloom when he came back in squeaky Sunday shoes and a bunglesome cut-away coat.

    2013, Willa Cather, One of Ours

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedifficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishbungle
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  4. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  5. Englishbunglesome

From bungle + -some.

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APA

bunglesome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunglesome

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“bunglesome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunglesome. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bunglesome,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunglesome.

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