bunglesome
/ˈbʌŋɡəlsəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterised or marked by bungling; ungainly; awkward; incompetent.
Example Sentences
- "They were quite bunglesome working together initially, and she didn't understand why. Sometimes she felt uncomfortable."
- "Furthermore, though there are those who complain of official France, the bunglesome administration, the interminable red tape, I was not one of those who suffered any great inconvenience from these obstacles to progress."
- "These combined odours somewhat dispersed Dan's gloom when he came back in squeaky Sunday shoes and a bunglesome cut-away coat."
Etymology
Etymology tree English bungle Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English bunglesome From bungle + -some.
Inflected Forms
more bunglesome (comparative)
most bunglesome (superlative)