botch
verb (used with object)
to spoil by poor work; bungle (often followed byup ).
have botched
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present perfectof botch.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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Offit and some other prominent experts feel the CDC and news media have botched some of the messaging on breakthrough infections.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2021
The husband of a woman missing since Mother's Day said investigators in Colorado have botched the investigation into her disappearance and are now trying to "blame it on me."
From Fox News ● Aug. 24, 2020
There has rarely been a time when I wanted to escape into theater so much or have botched so many escapes so badly.
From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2020
He is widely seen to have botched the response.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2020
It is safe to say that without training such men would have botched the job and instead of being praised to the skies would have sunk into oblivion under the heap of public scorn.
From Laugh and Live by Douglas Fairbanks
