botched

[ bocht ]

adjective

1. 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.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of botch ¹( def ).

Other Words From

• botch·ed·ly [boch, -id-lee], adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of botched¹

botch ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

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.

From Search Engine Watch

That they spoke at all is an indication of the depth of their frustration over the botched response.

From ProPublica

Instead, 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.

From TechCrunch

Adam Neumann, the WeWork co-founder who stepped down after a botched attempt at an IPO last year, is not done with venture capital yet.

From Fortune

A botched vaccine campaign could undermine public health in the United States.

From Vox

Todd is at his best discussing the unbelievably botched rollout of healthcare.gov.

From The Daily Beast

The result, Panetta says: botched U.S. policies from Syria to Iraq to Afghanistan.

From The Daily Beast

That same day, despite tissues still damp from the aftermath of the botched audition, my life changed in a matter of two hours.

From The Daily Beast

The recent botched executions are just the tip of the iceberg.

From The Daily Beast

Another week, another botched killing under the legal euphemism of capital punishment.

From The Daily Beast

To think of a chap writing such a veiled, ambiguous, absolutely botched sentence, and cooking up such a mess!

From Project Gutenberg

But of Van city itself—thanks to its proximity to the frontier—he made rather a botched job.

From Project Gutenberg

That was his chief boast, if boasting it might be called—that he never botched the job.

From Project Gutenberg

This is perfectly true; much as Lnnrot botched and vamped the Finnish lays he made no epic out of them.

From Project Gutenberg

None of your botched stuff, cotton and wool, trumpery; flimsy rubbish that rips if you look at it.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• broken
• cracked
• damaged
• defective
• deficient
• erroneous
• false
• flawed
• imprecise
• inaccurate
• inadequate
• incomplete
• insufficient
• invalid
• leaky
• malfunctioning
• unreliable