botch
verb (used with object)
to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed byup ).
has botched
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present perfectof botch (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“This is a detective who I will argue has botched the investigation... He only chose to do certain things that were incriminating to my client.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
Along with student speech, what else tops your list of areas the court has botched or neglected?
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2018
And the Barnes, perhaps unaccustomed to multimedia presentations of this sort, has botched some of the projections.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2018
Currie has botched this coaching search and turned Tennessee into a laughing stock.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2017
She has botched the button-holes awfully; and the jackets are not more than half pressed.
From Lizzy Glenn or, The Trials of a Seamstress by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
