Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of botch
adjective
- Made or repaired in a clumsy or incompetent manner.
Synonyms: bungled
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveMade or repaired in a clumsy or incompetent manner.
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Translations
Bulgarian нескопосан
- нескопосан (neskoposan)clumsily made or repaired
Chinese Mandarin 拙劣
- 拙劣 (zhuōliè)clumsily made or repaired
French gâché
- gâchéclumsily made or repaired
German stümperhaft, zusammengeschustert
- stümperhaftclumsily made or repaired
- zusammengeschustertclumsily made or repaired
- zurechtgefrickeltclumsily made or repaired
- verpfuschtclumsily made or repaired
- vermurkstclumsily made or repaired
Italian pasticciato, raffazzonato
- pasticciatoclumsily made or repaired
- raffazzonatoclumsily made or repaired
Portuguese meia-boca
- meia-bocaclumsily made or repaired
Slovak zbabraný
- zbabranýclumsily made or repaired
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with botched
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APA
botched. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botched
MLA
“botched.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botched. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “botched,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botched.
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