How do you use Bungle in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like flub or botch, plus the exact meaning.
Bungle meaning
- To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.
- To act or work incompetently; to fumble.
Synonyms of Bungle
Using Bungle
- The main meaning on this page is: To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble. | To act or work incompetently; to fumble.
- Useful related words include: flub, botch, bodge, fault.
- In the example corpus, bungle often appears in combinations such as: to bungle, bungle the.
Context around Bungle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bungle
- In this selection, "bungle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, email, security, legal, meant, grind and shows stand out and add context to how "bungle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a security bungle meant a and after they bungle their way. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bungle" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bungle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I'm going to have to agree with Bungle on this one. (12 words)
Why is my brain misreading all the Bungie stories as Bungle all of a sudden? (15 words)
It was recommended to James Adams by Brian "Bungle" Evans and later by Ewart Asker. (15 words)
That may be a harsh assessment, but anyone who’s witnessed an officiating crew bungle a half-dozen calls on a day should find it difficult to believe that any crew is organized enough to pull off a coordinated effort to do anything. (43 words)
The head-bashing stomp and dizzying shredding of “Bungle Grind” and the growling two-step of “Spreading The Thighs of Death” are made for beer-soaked slam pits, but a fun-loving frenzy manifests within the thrash revivalism. (38 words)
There were also notable residents, including Major General Gouverneur Warren, who was one of the head engineers of the entire Union army and Major General Daniel Butterfield, who wrote the famous bungle-call for burials, Taps, Dicembrino said. (38 words)
Why is my brain misreading all the Bungie stories as Bungle all of a sudden? (15 words)
All suffering Cincy fans slogan should be ‘Bungle for Burrow’ please Bengals don’t mess this up! (17 words)
Example sentences (16)
Another NHS body was earlier this year slapped on the wrist for accidentally sharing patients' HIV status, while a London trust was fined nearly £80,000 for a huge email bungle.
It’s almost as if he’s wearing an earpiece and some aide is listening to him bungle and then correcting him about what he should be saying.
A security bungle meant a 44-year-old woman was let into Prince Andrew's official Windsor residence in 2021.
The past several iterations of BC football finds (and have found) ways to bungle this sort of game.
Why is my brain misreading all the Bungie stories as Bungle all of a sudden?
I'm going to have to agree with Bungle on this one.
The desperate grief of two parents who had just switched off life support for their 2-year-old son was brutally compounded when police demanded the child's body in a distressing legal bungle.
The head-bashing stomp and dizzying shredding of “Bungle Grind” and the growling two-step of “Spreading The Thighs of Death” are made for beer-soaked slam pits, but a fun-loving frenzy manifests within the thrash revivalism.
Together with the Corrosion of Conformity cover “Loss For Words,” Mr. Bungle shows that it’s possible to embody the spirit of hardcore thrash without sacrificing musicianship.
All suffering Cincy fans slogan should be ‘Bungle for Burrow’ please Bengals don’t mess this up!
That may be a harsh assessment, but anyone who’s witnessed an officiating crew bungle a half-dozen calls on a day should find it difficult to believe that any crew is organized enough to pull off a coordinated effort to do anything.
The day after they bungle their way into a PR disaster with Trent, the rocky-rookie is named the starter.
There were also notable residents, including Major General Gouverneur Warren, who was one of the head engineers of the entire Union army and Major General Daniel Butterfield, who wrote the famous bungle-call for burials, Taps, Dicembrino said.
The Saudis were simply unfortunate enough to bungle the job so badly that they got caught, and very obviously got caught.
If it is found to be contradicted by observation — well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes.
It was recommended to James Adams by Brian "Bungle" Evans and later by Ewart Asker.
Common combinations with bungle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to bungle 2×
- bungle the 2×