botched

American

[bocht] / bɒtʃt /

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 botch.

Other Word Forms

botchedly adverb

Etymology

Origin of botched

botch ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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And multiple other missteps followed, including the botched hiring and early departure of a rebuilding czar.

From Los Angeles Times

Days later, botched redactions which revealed the identities of some of Epstein's victims forced the DOJ to wipe thousands of the files from its website.

From BBC

But survivors then told the BBC that coastguards had caused the migrant boat to capsize following a botched attempt to tow it.

From BBC

Officers searched him and found two emaciated and potentially sedated orange-fronted parakeets — the victims of an alleged botched smuggling attempt — stuffed in his underwear, according to court documents.

From Los Angeles Times

The investigation, published by the world-famous London hospital into Yaser Jabbar, found widespread evidence of unacceptable practice in the botched operations he carried out.

From BBC

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