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adjective
- 1. (of a task) carried out badly or carelessly: "a botched attempt to steal a car"
Meaning of botch in English. botch. verb [ T ] uk / bɒtʃ / us / bɑːtʃ / (UK also bodge) Add to word list. to spoil something by doing it badly: We botched (up) our first attempt at wallpapering the bathroom. Synonyms. bungle. fluff mainly UK informal. mishandle. muff informal. spoil. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Botched definition: spoiled by poor or clumsy work; bungled. See examples of BOTCHED used in a sentence.
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.
As a noun botch means an embarrassing mistake or something that is done poorly, especially due to lack of skill. If they've never painted before, your friends working on set design might make a complete botch of the scenery for the play, which might involve repainting the whole thing. Definitions of botch. verb. make a mess of, destroy or ruin.
Definitions of botched. adjective. spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness. synonyms: bungled. unskilled. not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency. Pronunciation. US. /bɑtʃt/.
3 days ago · 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. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
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.
