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Definition: Bungled |
BungledAdjective1. Spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness; "a bungled job". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bungled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1867. (references) |
Synonym: BungledSynonym: botched (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Bungled |
| English words defined with "bungled": botched, bungle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bungled": kremvax. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bungled Bungalow (1950) | |
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| "Bungled" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 50.91% of the time. "Bungled" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 50.91% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 25.45% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 21.82% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.82% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 55 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "bungled": bungled job. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "bungled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 搞糟 (Bungle, Bungling). (various references) | ||||
Finnish | kömpelösti tehty. (various references) | ||||
French | bousillé. (various references) | ||||
German | verpfuschte (botched), verpfuscht (botchy, bungles), vermasselte (foozled, goofed, muddled). (various references) | ||||
Manx | murtit, brockit (muddled). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ungledbay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"Bungled" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: benglog, bungaloid, bungied, bunhled. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bungled" (pronounced bu"ngguld) |
| 5 | -ng g u l d | angled, commingled, dangled, entangled, intermingled, jangled, mangled, mingled, newfangled, singled, spangled, strangled, tangled, wangled, wrangled. |
| 4 | -g u l d | bedraggled, boggled, giggled, haggled, juggled, ogled, smuggled, straggled, struggled, toggled. |
| 3 | -u l d | addled, ambled, annulled, assembled, babbled, backpedaled, baffled, barreled, battled, bedeviled, befuddled, belittled, bespectacled, bevelled, bicycled, bottled, bridled, bristled, bubbled, buckled, bundled, cabled, canceled, cancelled, channeled, chiseled, chortled, chronicled, chuckled, circled, cobbled, coddled, corbelled, counseled, coupled, crackled, credentialed, crippled, crumbled, crumpled, cuddled, cycled, dabbled, dazzled, dialed, dibbled, dimpled, disabled, disassembled, disgruntled, disheveled, dismantled, doubled, dribbled, dueled, dwindled, embattled, embezzled, emerald, empaneled, enabled, enameled, encircled, enfeebled, entitled, equaled, fabled, fiddled, fizzled, flanneled, fondled, frazzled, freckled, fueled, fuelled, fumbled, funneled, gambled, garbled, gobbled, grappled, grizzled, grumbled, handled, hassled, heckled, Herald, hobbled, huddled, humbled, hustled, idled, impaneled, imperiled, initialed, jostled, jumbled, kindled, knuckled, labeled, labelled, ladled, leveled, levelled, libeled, manhandled, marbled, marshaled, marshalled, marveled, mishandled, mislabeled, modeled, mottled, muddled, muffled, mumbled, muscled, muzzled, needled, nestled, nettled, nibbled, paddled, paneled, parceled, pedaled, pedalled, peddled, penciled, peopled, pickled, principled, pummeled, puzzled, quadrupled, quarreled, quintupled, rambled, rankled, rattled, raveled, reassembled, recycled, redoubled, refueled, rekindled, remodeled, resembled, resettled, reshuffled, reveled, riddled, rifled, rippled, rivaled, ruffled, rumbled, rumpled, saddled, sampled, scaffold, scrambled, scribbled, scuffled, scuttled, settled, shackled, shoveled, shriveled, shuffled, shuttled, signaled, signalled, sizzled, snarled, sparkled, speckled, spiraled, sprinkled, squabbled, squirreled, stapled, startled, stenciled, stifled, straddled, stumbled, subtitled, swindled, tabled, tackled, tasseled, tattled, throttled, tickled, tinkled, titled, toppled, totaled, totalled, trampled, traveled, travelled, trebled, trembled, trickled, tripled, troubled, trundled, tumbled, tussled, unbridled, unlabeled, unprincipled, unraveled, unrivaled, unruffled, unsettled, unshackled, untrammeled, untroubled, waffled, whistled, whittled, widdled, wobbled, wrestled, wrinkled. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: blunged. | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-g-l-n-u" | |
-1 letter: blunge, bugled, bulged, bundle, bunged, bungle, gulden, lunged. | |
-2 letters: begun, blend, blued, budge, bugle, bulge, debug, glued, lubed, luged, lunge, nudge, unled. | |
-3 letters: bedu, bend, bled, blue, bund, bung, duel, dune, dung, geld, genu, gled, glen, glue, gude, lend, leud, lube, lude, luge, lune, lung, nude, unbe, unde. | |
-4 letters: bed, beg, bel, ben, bud. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-g-l-n-u" | |
+1 letter: bludgeon. | |
+2 letters: belauding, bludgeons. | |
+3 letters: beclouding, befuddling, bemuddling, bludgeoned, blundering, rebuilding, redoubling. | |
+4 letters: becudgeling, belowground, bludgeoning, unbudgeable, unbudgeably. | |
+5 letters: battleground, becudgelling, begrudgingly, blunderingly, nightclubbed, overbuilding, unbridgeable, undigestible. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 75 6E 67 6C 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- -. --. .-.. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110101 01101110 01100111 01101100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B u n g l e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0075 006E 0067 006C 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36878073787170 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Sheenish, Sheenagh |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh |
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