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
A visible rash or swelling on the skin; a boil
A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing
{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
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
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
botch job
A job that has been botched. An alternative to botched job

He came highly recommended but looking at his work I saw immediately that it was a botch job.

botch jobs
plural form of botch job
botch up
To ruin, mess up
botch up
(deyim) 1. to build or repair in a makeshift manner2. to do something badly 3. a makeshift construction or repair 4. a thing done badly
botch-up
A botch-up is the same as a botch. They were victims of a computer botch-up
bodge
A four wheeled handcart used for transporting goods. Also a home made go-cart
bodge
A sleeping area within a large bush (i.e. boxwood) in front of a Lodge or Fraternity House
bodge
The water in which a smithy would quench items heated in a forge
bodge
A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair
bodge
To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair

Do not be satisfied with a bodged job, set yourself professional goals and standards (The Restauration Handbook, Enric Roselló, 2007).

bodging
Traditional craft of turning wood for chair legs, braces, etc
botched
clumsily made or repaired in an unacceptable or incompetent manner
botched
Simple past tense and past participle of botch
botcher
A clumsy or incompetent worker; a bungler
bodge
{v} to start, doubt, waver, fear
botcher
{n} a mender of old clothes, a bungling
botching
{n} the mending of old clothes
Bodge
A nickname for the country of Cambodia
bodge
insane or off the rails
bodge
If you bodge something, you make it or mend it in a way that is not as good as it should be. I thought he had bodged the repair. = botch. a mistake or something that is not as good as it should be botch
bodge
{f} mend, patch; botch
bodge
To botch; to mend clumsily; to patch
bodge
A botch; a patch
bodged
UK, past of bodge
bodges
Third person singular simple present tense of to bodge
bodging
Traditional craft of turning wood for chair legs, braces
bodging
Present participle of to bodge
botched
spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness; "a bungled job"
botched
past of botch
botched
clumsily made or repaired
botched
bollixed
botcher
A clumsy or careless workman; a bungler
botcher
A person who mends things, especially such a cobbler or tailor
botcher
{i} bungler, person who does poor work
botcher
a tailor or cobbler
botcher
One who mends or patches, esp
botcher
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
botcher
A young salmon; a grilse
botching
present participle of botch
botch
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