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bungle
English
Etymology
From Old Norse, akin to Swedish dialect bangla (“to work ineffectually”), from Old Swedish bunga (“to strike”). Compare German Bengel (“cudgel; rude fellow”), Middle High German bungen (“to hammer”).
The noun derives from the verb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b??.?(?)l/
- Rhymes: -????l
Verb
bungle (third-person singular simple present bungles, present participle bungling, simple past and past participle bungled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To botch up, bumble or incompetently perform a task; to make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly.
- 1821, February 25th, Byron, quoted from Letters and Journals of Lord Byron:
- I always had an idea that it would be bungled; but was willing to hope, and am still so. Whatever I can do by money, means, or person, I will venture freely for their freedom; […]
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, Chapter 49:
- His hand shakes, he is nervous, and it falls off. “Would any one believe this?” says he, catching it as it drops and looking round. “I am so out of sorts that I bungle at an easy job like this!”
- 2014, Paul Doyle, "Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian, 18 October 2014:
- There was a whiff of farce about Southampton’s second goal too, as, six minutes later, a bungled Sunderland pass ricocheted off Will Buckley’s backside to the feet of Dusan Tadic.
- 1821, February 25th, Byron, quoted from Letters and Journals of Lord Byron:
Synonyms
See Thesaurus:spoil
Derived terms
- bungler
- bungling
- bunglesome
Translations
Noun
bungle (plural bungles)
- A botched or incompetently handled situation.
- 1888, Henry Lawson, United Division:
- The Soudan bungle was born partly of sentimental loyalty and partly of the aforementioned jealousy existing between the colonies, and now at a time when the colonies should club closer together our Government is doing all they can to widen the breach by trying to pass a bill enabling New South Wales to monopolise the name “Australia”.
- 1888, Henry Lawson, United Division:
Anagrams
- blunge
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failure
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (“to fail”).
Pronunciation
- (Canada, General American) IPA(key): /?fe?l.j?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?fe?l.j?/
Noun
failure (countable and uncountable, plural failures)
- State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
- An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success.
- Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
- Bankruptcy.
Synonyms
- (person incapable of success): loser
Antonyms
- (state or condition): success, triumph
Derived terms
- ground failure
- power failure
Related terms
- fail
Translations
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- what failure came out of deinstitutionalization
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