botch

🇺🇸 /bɑːtʃ/ 🇬🇧 /bɒtʃ/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to perform a task or job in a poor or clumsy manner

He botched the job, and now we have to start all over again.

noun
R

a poorly executed or completed task or job

The botch of the repair work caused even more problems.

translation

v. to perform a task or job in a poor or clumsy manner
n. a poorly executed or completed task or job

Word Forms

Progressive botching
Past botched
3rd Present botches
Perfect botched
Plural botches