Bungling and Mess

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Bungling adjective - Showing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with a situation).

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Mess and bungling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mess" instead a noun "Bungling".

Nearby Words: bungle, bungled, bungler

Mess noun - A state in which everything is out of order.

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Bungling and mess are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bungling" instead a noun "Mess".

Nearby Words: messy, messed, messing

Facing The Future Series: Jack, while still a Bungling Inventor, becomes a very dangerous opponent when you mess with his family, as in canon.

Source: Papa Wolf / Fan Fic
Wallace & Gromit: Wallace is a Bungling Inventor whose inventions often go awry, and it's up to his dog with common sense, Gromit, to clean up the mess.

Source: Smart Animal, Average Human
Too Much: The Robot With a Heart has Susie and a Japanese boy escape bungling kidnappers/robotnappers by setting traps that they comically fall for, resulting in them making a huge mess of a fish market.

Source: "Home Alone" Antics

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