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bungler

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, fuckup

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: incompetent, incompetent person

History

Etymology

From bungle + -er.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: barroer — one who makes mistakes
  • Catalan: barroera — one who makes mistakes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 糊塗蟲 /糊涂虫 (hútuchóng) — one who makes mistakes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 笨手笨腳 /笨手笨脚 (bènshǒubènjiǎo) — one who makes mistakes
  • Czech: packal — one who makes mistakes
  • Czech: vrták — one who makes mistakes
  • Czech: nešika — one who makes mistakes
  • Czech: fušer — one who makes mistakes
  • Dutch: stumper — one who makes mistakes
  • Esperanto: fuŝulo — one who makes mistakes
  • Esperanto: fuŝisto — one who makes mistakes
  • Finnish: tunari — one who makes mistakes
  • French: bousilleur — one who makes mistakes
  • French: bousilleuse — one who makes mistakes
  • Galician: chafalleiro — one who makes mistakes
  • German: Pfuscher — one who makes mistakes
  • German: Pfuscherin — one who makes mistakes
  • German: Stümper — one who makes mistakes
  • Irish: útamálaí — one who makes mistakes
  • Japanese: 不器用者 (bukiyōmono) — one who makes mistakes
  • Japanese: へぼ (hebo) — one who makes mistakes
  • Macedonian: нека́дарник (nekádarnik) — one who makes mistakes
  • Macedonian: у́тман (útman) — one who makes mistakes
  • Māori: ninipa — one who makes mistakes
  • Norman: boucranneux — one who makes mistakes
  • Russian: растя́па (rastjápa) — one who makes mistakes
  • Russian: рази́ня (razínja) — one who makes mistakes
  • Russian: простофи́ля (prostofílja) — one who makes mistakes
  • Russian: бе́столочь (béstoločʹ) — one who makes mistakes
  • Russian: ротозе́й (rotozéj) — one who makes mistakes
  • Russian: о́лух (ólux) — one who makes mistakes
  • Serbo-Croatian: šeprtlja — one who makes mistakes
  • Spanish: torpe — one who makes mistakes
  • Swedish: klåpare — one who makes mistakes
  • Swedish: klant — one who makes mistakes
  • Ukrainian: бракоро́б (brakorób) — one who makes mistakes
  • Welsh: bwngler — one who makes mistakes
  • Welsh: bwnglerwr — one who makes mistakes
  • Yiddish: שלימיל (shlimil) — one who makes mistakes
  • Yiddish: פּאַרטאַטש (partatsh) — one who makes mistakes