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Botch is defined as to make errors or do something in a clumsy, sloppy manner.

(verb)

When you make careless errors in a home improvement project because you aren't paying attention, this is an example of a time when you botch the job.

The definition of a botch is a sloppy, poorly done job.

(noun)

A messy, sloppy and poorly done project is an example of a botch.

See botch in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to repair or patch clumsily
to spoil by poor work or poor performance; bungle

Origin: ME bocchen, to repair < ?

noun

a badly patched place or part
a bungled or unskillful piece of work

Related Forms:

botcher noun
botchy adjective

noun

Brit., Dialectal a boil, sore, or ulcer

Origin: ME bocche < Anglo-Norm boche (OFr boce): see boss

See botch in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb botched, botch·ing, botch·es

To ruin through clumsiness.
To make or perform clumsily; bungle.
To repair or mend clumsily.

noun

A ruined or defective piece of work: “I have made a miserable botch of this description” (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
A hodgepodge.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English bocchen, to mend

Related Forms:

botchˈer noun

botchˈy adjective

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