botched
spoiled by poor or clumsy work; bungled:The teachers are up in arms about the botched rollout of the new standards, which caused unnecessary confusion and stress for them and their students.
the simple past tense and past participle of botch1.
Origin of botched
1Other words from botched
- botch·ed·ly [boch-id-lee], /ˈbɒtʃ ɪd li/, adverb
Words Nearby botched
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use botched in a sentence
When redesigning or overhauling a website, it is vital to involve SEO in the project from the beginning, or you will likely end up adding an extra step when a botched overhaul of content starts to affect performance.
SEO in 2021: What your organization’s executives and senior leaders must know | Eryck Dzotsi | February 25, 2021 | Search Engine WatchThat they spoke at all is an indication of the depth of their frustration over the botched response.
“I Don’t Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection | by Joaquin Sapien and Joshua Kaplan | February 12, 2021 | ProPublicaInstead, Carrum Health’s customers pay a fee and in return receive a 30-day warranty on procedures, meaning that the healthcare provider will cover any costs associated with care from botched operations or complications.
Connecting employer healthcare plans to surgical centers of excellence nets Carrum Health $40 million | Jonathan Shieber | January 7, 2021 | TechCrunchAdam Neumann, the WeWork co-founder who stepped down after a botched attempt at an IPO last year, is not done with venture capital yet.
A botched vaccine campaign could undermine public health in the United States.
A third of Americans might refuse a Covid-19 vaccine. How screwed are we? | Brian Resnick | September 4, 2020 | Vox
Todd is at his best discussing the unbelievably botched rollout of healthcare.gov.
The result, Panetta says: botched U.S. policies from Syria to Iraq to Afghanistan.
Obama’s Ex-CIA Chief Slams White House for ‘Hesitation and Half Steps’ | Josh Rogin | October 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat same day, despite tissues still damp from the aftermath of the botched audition, my life changed in a matter of two hours.
The recent botched executions are just the tip of the iceberg.
Another week, another botched killing under the legal euphemism of capital punishment.
To think of a chap writing such a veiled, ambiguous, absolutely botched sentence, and cooking up such a mess!
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays | VariousBut of Van city itself—thanks to its proximity to the frontier—he made rather a botched job.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramThat was his chief boast, if boasting it might be called—that he never botched the job.
From Place to Place | Irvin S. CobbThis is perfectly true; much as Lnnrot botched and vamped the Finnish lays he made no epic out of them.
Homer and His Age | Andrew LangNone of your botched stuff, cotton and wool, trumpery; flimsy rubbish that rips if you look at it.
Parisians in the Country | Honore de Balzac
Browse