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Adjective: botched  bócht
  1. Spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness
    "a botched job";
    - bungled
Verb: botch  bóch
  1. Badly mishandle or ruin something
    "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out";
    - bodge [Brit, informal], bumble, fumble, botch up [informal], muff [informal], blow [informal], flub [N. Amer, informal], screw up [informal], spoil, muck up [informal], bungle, fluff [informal], bobble [N. Amer], mishandle, louse up [informal], foul up [informal], mess up, butcher, balls up [informal], cock up [Brit, informal], goof up [informal], make a hash of [informal]

See also: unskilled

Type of: fail, go wrong, miscarry

Encyclopedia: Botched

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