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- 1. (of a task) carried out badly or carelessly: "a botched attempt to steal a car"
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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.
The meaning of BOTCHED is unsuccessful because of being poorly done : spoiled by mistakes. How to use botched in a sentence.
noun [ C ] uk / bɒtʃ / us / bɑːtʃ / (UK also botch-up, bodge, bodge-up) something that is spoiled by being done badly: The company made a series of botches before it went bankrupt. UK The concert was very badly organized. In fact, the whole thing was a real botch-up.
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.
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.
1. [ boch ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used with object) to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed by up ): He botched up the job thoroughly. Synonyms: flub, butcher, muff, mismanage, ruin. to do or say in a bungling manner. to mend or patch in a clumsy manner. noun. a clumsy or poor piece of work; bungle:
1. to spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude. 2. to repair badly or clumsily. noun. 3. Also called: botch-up. a badly done piece of work or repair (esp in the phrase make a botch of (something)) 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.
