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adjective
- 1. (of a task) carried out badly or carelessly: "a botched attempt to steal a car"
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(of a job, attempt, etc.) done very badly: botched job Our landlord redecorated the bedroom, but it was such a botched job that we decided to redo it. botched operation He had a botched operation on a severely perforated eardrum that left him deaf in his right ear. The campaign to control the disease was badly botched.
: unsuccessful because of being poorly done : spoiled by mistakes. a botched attempt. a botched recipe. a botched medical procedure. Synonyms. awkward. bungling. clumsy. fumbled. inept. inexpert. maladroit. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of botched in a Sentence.
BOTCH definition: 1. to spoil something by doing it badly: 2. something that is spoiled by being done badly: 3. to…. Learn more.
To perform poorly or ruin through clumsiness or ineptitude: botch a tennis shot; botch a rebellion. 2. To repair or mend clumsily or ineptly. n. 1. A ruined or defective piece of work: "I have made a miserable botch of this description" (Nathaniel Hawthorne). 2. A hodgepodge. [Middle English bocchen, to mend .] botch′er n. botch′y adj.
Botched definition: spoiled by poor or clumsy work; bungled. See examples of BOTCHED used in a sentence.
adjective. bungled or mishandled. the botched attempt to rescue the backpacker. She set up the murder and made it look like a botched robbery. Homeowners have found themselves seeking compensation for damage to their own property caused by botched jobs. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
botch. (bɒtʃ ) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense botches , present participle botching , past tense, past participle botched. 1. verb. If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily. [informal] It is a silly idea and he has botched it. [VERB noun] ...a botched job.
adjective. spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness. synonyms: bungled. unskilled. not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency. Pronunciation. US. /bɑtʃt/. UK.
As a noun botch means an embarrassing mistake or something that is done poorly, especially due to lack of skill. If they've never painted before, your friends working on set design might make a complete botch of the scenery for the play, which might involve repainting the whole thing. Definitions of botch. verb.
Botch definition: to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up). See examples of BOTCH used in a sentence.
