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.

Other Word Forms

• botchedly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of botched¹

botch ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Lawyers representing more than 50 people treated by a surgeon being investigated over allegations of botched operations have written to Health Secretary Wes Streeting calling for a public inquiry.

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Democracy was restored months later, after the Greek junta engineered a botched coup d'etat in Cyprus that prompted a Turkish invasion.

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But shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick said "the confusion created by Labour's botched early release scheme", which was brought in to ease prison overcrowding, was partly to blame.

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A UK Labour spokesperson said: "After 14 years of Tory chaos, a botched Brexit, and damaging austerity – we know families across Wales are struggling."

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Survivors told the BBC that the vessel capsized after coastguards made a botched attempt to tow it.

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