botchy

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adjective

Full of botches or mistakes; poorly done.

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botchedsloppybutcherlyunskillfulunskilled
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Meanings

adjectivebotchy (comparative more botchy, superlative most botchy)

comparative more botchy · superlative most botchy

  1. Full of botches or mistakes; poorly done.
    1 more example

    Read over again my letter to the Lord Chancellor, and my last letter to yourself, and if they do not satisfy you that I am right in looking forward to a more substantial ecclesiastical reform, and in not promoting this botchy business, you must forgive me if I never say another word to you on the subject.

    1814, Richard Watson, Anecdotes of the life of Richard Watson, Bishop of Landaff

    Synonyms: botched, sloppy

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveFull of botches or mistakes; poorly done.

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botchedsloppy

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivepoorly done

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butcherlyunskillfulunskilled
Also see
butcherlyunskilledunskillful

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From botch + -y.

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Cite this entry
APA

botchy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botchy

MLA

“botchy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botchy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “botchy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/botchy.

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