botched

[ bocht ]

/ bɒtʃt /

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adjective

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

the simple past tense and past participle of botch¹.

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Origin of botched

botch¹ + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM botched

botch·ed·ly

[boch-id-lee], /ˈbɒtʃ ɪd li/, adverb

Words nearby botched

botany, Botany Bay, Botany wool, botargo, botch, botched, botchy, bote, botel, botfly, both

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 Watch
That 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|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.
Connecting employer healthcare plans to surgical centers of excellence nets Carrum Health $40 million|Jonathan Shieber|January 7, 2021|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.
Adam Neumann makes his next real estate play|Lucinda Shen|October 15, 2020|Fortune

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.
Chuck Todd’s Lousy Obama Takedown|William O’Connor|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|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.
Uzo Aduba: My Road to ‘Orange Is the New Black’|Uzoamaka Aduba|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The recent botched executions are just the tip of the iceberg.
Why the Death Penalty Needs to Die|Nick Gillespie|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Another week, another botched killing under the legal euphemism of capital punishment.
Why the Death Penalty Needs to Die|Nick Gillespie|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To think of a chap writing such a veiled, ambiguous, absolutely botched sentence, and cooking up such a mess!
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays|Various
But of Van city itself—thanks to its proximity to the frontier—he made rather a botched job.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
That was his chief boast, if boasting it might be called—that he never botched the job.
From Place to Place|Irvin S. Cobb
This is perfectly true; much as Lnnrot botched and vamped the Finnish lays he made no epic out of them.
Homer and His Age|Andrew Lang
None of your botched stuff, cotton and wool, trumpery; flimsy rubbish that rips if you look at it.
Parisians in the Country|Honore de Balzac