Search results
- Dictionarybotched/bɒtʃt/
adjective
- 1. (of a task) carried out badly or carelessly: "a botched attempt to steal a car"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
adjective. uk / bɒtʃt / us / bɑːtʃt / (UK also bodged) Add to word list. (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.
: 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.
Botched definition: spoiled by poor or clumsy work; bungled. See examples of BOTCHED used in a sentence.
1. 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.
BOTCH definition: 1. to spoil something by doing it badly: 2. something that is spoiled by being done badly: 3. to…. Learn more.
1. : to foul up hopelessly often used with up. 2. : to put together in a makeshift way. botcher noun. 2 of 3. noun (1) 1. : something that is botched : mess. 2. : patchwork, hodgepodge. botchy. ˈbä-chē. adjective. botch. 3 of 3. noun (2) : an inflammatory sore. Synonyms. Verb. blow. bobble. boggle.
botched in British English. (bɒtʃt ) 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.
If you botch something, you make a mess of it or you ruin it. If you totally botch your lines in the school play, you stammer and stutter your way through the whole thing. Interestingly, the word botch originally meant the opposite of what it means today. The Middle English word bocchen meant to mend or repair.
n. a clumsy or poor piece of work; mess; bungle: He made a complete botch of his first attempt at baking. a clumsily added part or patch. a disorderly or confused combination; conglomeration.
Botch definition: to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up). See examples of BOTCH used in a sentence.
