to botch

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To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something; to ruin; to bungle; to spoil; to destroy

A botched haircut seems to take forever to grow out.

A ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle
A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge
An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly
To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily
{n} a bile, ulcer, sore, swelling, patchwork
{v} to mend clumsily, mend, patch, spot
A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease
If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily. It is a silly idea and he has botched it. a botched job. = bungle Botch up means the same as botch. I hate having builders botch up repairs on my house Hemingway complained that Nichols had `botched everything up'. = mess up
{f} ruin, bungle, destroy, screw up (Slang)
A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner
A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing
To repair; to mend; esp
{i} mistake, bungled work, ruined work
an embarrassing mistake
Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle
To mark with, or as with, botches
A visible rash or swelling on the skin; a boil
If you make a botch of something that you are doing, you botch it. I rather made a botch of that whole thing. = mess. to do something badly, because you have been careless or because you do not have the skill to do it properly. 'botch-up a piece of work, a job etc that has been badly or carelessly done
make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; sometimes with up
make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work
to botch
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