mucked-upadj.
/ˌmʌktˈʌp/, U.S. /ˈməkˈtəp/, /ˈməkˈdəp/ Messy, spoiled, bungled, mishandled.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adjective] > damaged
mangledc1400
shendedc1400
vitiate?a1475
appaired1475
wrack1487
maggleda1522
manka1522
mankeda1522
spiltc1540
massacred1590
through-galled1594
spoiled1598
flawed1608
impaired1611
damaged1771
scathed1791
waterlogged1795
spoilt1816
wrecked1818
injured1857
marred1870
buggered-up1893
messed-up1909
puckerooed1919
dinged1920
trashed1926
mucked-up1930
sheg-up1941
buggered1942
screwed-up1942
mucked-about1966
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > bungling > bungled
bungled1787
muffed1876
boggled1877
blundered1880
bitched-up1893
foozled1899
bitched1918
trashed1926
mucked-up1930
loused-up1948
cocked-up1955
screwed1955
1930 M. Allingham Myst. Mile xxvii. 273 I should be very interested to know how you intend to get away with your reputation all pure and virgie and our Albert's poor little mucked-up corpse lying about.
1977 Toronto Star 26 Mar. f1/1 And, like Isadora, Erica is recovering from her mucked-up marriage.
1989 ‘C. Roman’ Foreplay iv. 36 Ragtag mongrels tear across the mucked-up yard scattering the chickens.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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