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10 Language-to-English DictionariesStümper
Pronunciation / Transliteration: Stümper
"Er hat sich als kompletter Stümper erwiesen."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person who is inept, clumsy, or continually makes mistakes through incompetence.
"He proved to be a hopeless bungler when it came to assembling the furniture." - 2
Someone who spoils or ruins tasks through lack of skill or planning.
"The diplomatic mission was derailed by a series of avoidable errors made by political bunglers."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term originates from the late Middle English verb 'bungle', which likely derives from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch variants related to patching or mending clumsily. By the 16th century, the agent suffix '-er' was appended to denote a person habitually performing tasks in a clumsy, inept, or blundering manner.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Bungler" is said worldwide
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gauche
Transliteration: gosh
"C'est un véritable gauche dans la cuisine."
Stümper
Transliteration: Stümper
"Er hat sich als kompletter Stümper erwiesen."
imbroglione
Transliteration: imbroglione
"Si è dimostrato un vero imbroglione."
chapucero
Transliteration: chapucero
"El carpintero resultó ser un chapucero."
empacotador
Transliteration: empacotador
"Ele agiu como um verdadeiro incompetente."
अनारी
Transliteration: anaari
"वह काम करने में पूरी तरह से अनारी निकला।"
笨蛋
Transliteration: bèndàn
"他在处理这项工作时像个笨蛋。"
서투른 사람
Transliteration: seotureun saram
"그는 일 처리에서 완전히 서투른 사람이었다."
ヘタクソ
Transliteration: hetakuso
Script: 下手くそ
"彼は仕事において完全なヘタクソだ。"
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