bungled

Example Sentences

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Her claims have triggered demonstrations, promises to tighten the law and criticism that Chancellor Friedrich Merz has bungled his response.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol capped a remarkable fall from grace on Thursday when he was sentenced to life imprisonment over his bungled efforts to impose military rule.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

On the bungled hiring of a management team whose role was not entirely clear.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

And humans make mistakes too; many years ago, a bungled hospital extubation was the likely cause of my grandmother’s death.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

To make it worse, he bungled the patch job, and a couple of weeks later my ass started to rot away.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien