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botched

Rhymes with -ɒtʃt, -ɔːtʃt

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of botch

adjective

Made or repaired in a clumsy or incompetent manner.
Similar: bungled

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bungled, unskilled, failed, blew, botched up, misstitched, screwed up, blundersome, jackleg, slipshod, bungling, botcherly, misflung, maldeveloped, blunderous, bumbling

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adj clumsily made or repaired

中文	拙劣 zhuōliè
Português	meia-boca
Français	gâché
Deutsch	stümperhaft, zusammengeschustert, zurechtgefrickelt, verpfuscht, vermurkst
Italiano	pasticciato, raffazzonato

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@misc{botched_2026,
  title = {botched},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/botched},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}