Word Meanings - BUNGLER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles. If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such! Barrow.

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• INFAMOUSNESS
  The state or quality of being infamous; infamy.
• AWKWARD SQUAD
  A squad of inapt recruits assembled for special drill.
• BUNGLER
  A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles. If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such! Barrow.
• SCHOLARSHIP
  1. The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning. A man of my master's . . . great scholarship. Pope. 2. Literary education. Any other house of scholarship. Milton. 3. Maintenance for a scholar;
• WORKMANSHIP
  1. The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything. Due reward For her praiseworthy workmanship to yield. Spenser. Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown . . . Where most may wonder at the workmanship. Milton. 2. That
• INFAMOUSLY
  In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully. The sealed fountain of royal bounty which had been infamously monopolized and huckstered. Burke.
• DUNCE
  One backward in book learning; a child or other person dull or weak in intellect; a dullard; a dolt. I never knew this town without dunces of figure. Swift. Note: The schoolmen were often called, after their great leader Duns Scotus, Dunsmen or
• PROFESSIONALISM
  The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; - - opposed to Ant: amateurism.
• BARROW
  A heap of rubbish, attle, etc. (more info) mound; akin to G. berg mountain, Goth. bairgahei hill, hilly country, and perh. to Skr. b high, OIr. brigh mountain. Cf. Berg, Berry a 1. A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead;
• SCHOLARLY
  Like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique. -- adv.
• BARROWIST
  A follower of Henry Barrowe, one of the founders of Independency or Congregationalism in England. Barrowe was executed for nonconformity in 1953.
• INFAMOUS
  Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime; as, at common law, an infamous person can not be a witness. 4. Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky;
• WORKMAN
  1. A man employed in labor, whether in tillage or manufactures; a worker. 2. Hence, especially, a skillful artificer or laborer.
• WORKMANLY
  Becoming a skillful workman; skillful; well performed; workmanlike.
• CLUMSY
  benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial. 1. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold. 2. Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made,
• SCHOLARLIKE
  Scholarly. Bacon.
• SHAMEFUL
  1. Bringing shame or disgrace; injurious to reputation; disgraceful. His naval preparations were not more surprising than his quick and shameful retreat. Arbuthnot. 2. Exciting the feeling of shame in others; indecent; as, a shameful picture; a
• WORKMANLIKE
  Becoming a workman, especially a skillful one; skillful; well performed.
• IGNOMINIOUS
  1. Marked with ignominy; in curring public disgrace; dishonorable; shameful. Then first with fear surprised and sense of pain, Fled ignominious. Milton. 2. Deserving ignominy; despicable. One single, obscure, ignominious projector. Swift.
• DUNCEDOM
  The realm or domain of dunces. Carlyle.
• HANDBARROW
  A frame or barrow, without a wheel, carried by hand.
• NONPROFESSIONAL
  Not belonging to a profession; not done by, or proceeding from, professional men; contrary to professional usage.
• WHEELBARROW
  A light vehicle for conveying small loads. It has two handles and one wheel, and is rolled by a single person.
• DISWORKMANSHIP
  Bad workmanship. Heywood.