"bungler" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bunglers [plural]
Etymology: bungle + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bungle|er|id2=agent noun}} bungle + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} bungler (plural bunglers)
  1. Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: blunderer, fuckup, schlemiel, unskilled person Related terms: bungle, bungling Translations (one who makes mistakes): barroer [masculine] (Catalan), barroera [feminine] (Catalan), 糊塗蟲 (Chinese Mandarin), 糊涂虫 (hútuchóng) (Chinese Mandarin), 笨手笨腳 (Chinese Mandarin), 笨手笨脚 (bènshǒubènjiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), packal [masculine] (Czech), vrták [masculine] (Czech), nešika [masculine] (Czech), fušer [masculine] (Czech), stumper [masculine] (Dutch), fuŝulo (Esperanto), fuŝisto (Esperanto), tunari (Finnish), bousilleur [masculine] (French), bousilleuse [feminine] (French), Pfuscher [masculine] (German), Pfuscherin [feminine] (German), Stümper [masculine] (German), útamálaí [masculine] (Irish), 不器用者 (bukiyōmono) (alt: ぶきようもの) (Japanese), へぼ (hebo) (Japanese), нека́дарник (nekádarnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), у́тман (útman) [masculine] (Macedonian), ninipa (Maori), boucranneux [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), растя́па (rastjápa) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), рази́ня (razínja) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), простофи́ля (prostofílja) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), бе́столочь (béstoločʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ротозе́й (rotozéj) [masculine] (Russian), о́лух (ólux) [masculine] (Russian), šeprtlja [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), torpe (Spanish), klåpare [common-gender] (Swedish), klant [common-gender] (Swedish), bwngler [masculine] (Welsh), bwnglerwr [masculine] (Welsh), שלימיל (shlimil) (Yiddish), פּאַרטאַטש (partatsh) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "shlimil",
      "sense": "one who makes mistakes",
      "word": "שלימיל"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "partatsh",
      "sense": "one who makes mistakes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פּאַרטאַטש"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bungler"
}

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