bungler

• Here the Jewish press most lovingly helps him alongby raising such a roar of hosannahs about even the most mediocre bungler,just so long as he is a Jew, that the rest of the world actually ends upby thinking that they have an artist before them, while in truth it is onlya pitiful comedian. —  Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf: Nation and Race
• Much dexterity is required in the hand which holds the line at this moment; for a bungler is apt to be too precipitate, and to jerk away the hook before it has got far enough down the shark's maw. —  The Lieutenant and Commander
• He was remembered mostly as a "bungler," (Amy Lowell's term) for his role in altering Dickinson's work. —  Powell's Books: Overview
• I have been congratulating myself on the praiseworthy abundance of my discretion And the words were no sooner out of his mouth than Richard cursed himself for a bungler, and a slightly vulgar one at that. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
• On receiving Sandercock's message and instant appeal for help, he cursed his Under-Sheriff for a drunken bungler, and reluctantly prepared to ride West and restore order Piers is a good fellow and a man of parts," he told his wife; "but he gives up too much of his time to parliamenteering, and lets his neighbourhood get out of hand. —  Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales

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