Meanings
comparative more bunglesome · superlative most bunglesome
- 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 Rapist2 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 LineThese 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
- Englishbungle
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*somHós
- Proto-Germanic*samaz
- Englishbunglesome
Cite this entry
bunglesome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunglesome
“bunglesome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunglesome. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bunglesome,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bunglesome.
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