botchy

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.

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[Middle English bocchen, to mend.]

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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.

botchy

(ˈbɒtʃɪ) adj, botchier or botchiestclumsily done or made ˈbotchily adv ˈbotchiness n

botch•y

(ˈbɒtʃ i)

adj. botch•i•er, botch•i•est. poorly made or done; bungled. [1350–1400] botch′i•ly, adv. botch′i•ness, n.

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botchy - poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt"butcherly, unskillfulunskilled - 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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