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"ref": "1821 February 24, Lord Byron, “Extracts from a Diary of Lord Byron, 1821”, in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: […], Frankfurt am Main: […] H. L. Brönner, published 1830, →OCLC, page 468, column 1",
"text": "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; and have so repeated to them (some of the Chiefs here) half an hour ago.",
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"word": "работя несръчно"
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"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "搞砸"
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"word": "ကၠောန်လဝ်ဆဆဵု"
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"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
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"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
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"word": "atrapalhar-se"
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"roman": "naportáčitʹ",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
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"roman": "sxaltúritʹ",
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"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "fumla"
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"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "халтурити"
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"roman": "partačyty",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "партачити"
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"word": "капарити провалитися"
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"ref": "1888, Henry Lawson, United Division (essay)",
"text": "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\".",
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"t": "cudgel; rude fellow"
},
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
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},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"third-person"
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},
{
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"present"
]
},
{
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"participle",
"past"
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},
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"ref": "1821 February 24, Lord Byron, “Extracts from a Diary of Lord Byron, 1821”, in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: […], Frankfurt am Main: […] H. L. Brönner, published 1830, →OCLC, page 468, column 1",
"text": "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; and have so repeated to them (some of the Chiefs here) half an hour ago.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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],
[
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"perform"
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[
"task",
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[
"ruin",
"ruin#Verb"
],
[
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],
[
"action",
"action"
],
[
"botch up",
"botch up"
],
[
"bumble",
"bumble#Verb"
]
],
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"(transitive) To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble."
],
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{
"word": "spoil"
}
],
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"transitive"
]
},
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"English intransitive verbs"
],
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"To act or work incompetently; to fumble."
],
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[
"act",
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],
[
"work",
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],
[
"fumble",
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]
],
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"(intransitive) To act or work incompetently; to fumble."
],
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{
"word": "blunder"
}
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"intransitive"
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}
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"General-American",
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{
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},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obǎrkvam",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "обърквам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rabotja nesrǎčno",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "работя несръчно"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gǎozá",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "搞砸"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zpackat"
},
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"lang": "Czech",
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},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "verknoeien"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "fuŝi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "hutiloida"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "tyriä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "rater"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "foirer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "vergeigen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "verkorksen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "vermurksen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "verpatzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"tags": [
"informal"
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"word": "versemmeln"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "abborracciare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "pasticciare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "pakihawa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "tupehau"
},
{
"code": "mnw",
"lang": "Mon",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "ကၠောန်လဝ်ဆဆဵု"
},
{
"code": "mnw",
"lang": "Mon",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "ကမၠောန်မကၠောန်လဝ်ဆဆဵု"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "amatorstwo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amatorszczyzna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "atrapalhar-se"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naportáčitʹ",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "напорта́чить"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "portáčitʹ",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "порта́чить"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sxaltúritʹ",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "схалту́рить"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xaltúritʹ",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "халту́рить"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "fumla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "klåpa"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "xalturyty",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "халтурити"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "partačyty",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "партачити"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kaparyty",
"sense": "to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble",
"word": "капарити провалитися"
}
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"ref": "1888, Henry Lawson, United Division (essay)",
"text": "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\".",
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"word": "muddle"
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "botched or incompetently handled action or situation — see also blunder",
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"feminine"
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
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