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botched
botch B0411600 (bŏch)tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es 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.Synonyms: botch, blow1, bungle, butcher, fumble, muff1
These verbs mean to harm or spoil through ineptitude or clumsiness: botch a repair; blow an opportunity; bungle an interview; butchered the haircut; fumbled my chance to apologize; muffed the last play of the game.botched (bɒtʃt) adjbungled or mishandledThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | botched - spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness; "a bungled job"bungledunskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship" |
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