bungle[verb]Synonyms: mess up, blow
(slang), blunder, botch, foul up, make a mess of, muff, ruin, spoil
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
bun‧gle /ˈbʌŋɡ
əl/
verb [transitive][
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: Perhaps from a Scandinavian language]
to fail to do something properly, because you have made stupid mistakes – used especially in news reports:
The whole police operation was bungled.—bungled adjective:
a bungled rescue attempt—bungle noun [countable]—bungler noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲