botch

/bɔtʃ/
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botch

The pianist botched the difficult passage in the second movement.

Definition

  1. Verb:

    • To perform a task or job in a clumsy, unskilled, or careless way, resulting in a poor or failed outcome; to ruin something through incompetence.
    • To repair or make something in a crude, makeshift, or unprofessional manner.

  2. Noun:

    • A task or piece of work that has been done badly or clumsily.
    • An embarrassing mistake or failure resulting from poor workmanship.
Usage
  • As a verb (transitive): The word "botch" is typically followed by a direct object (the thing that is ruined or done poorly). It describes the action of spoiling something.
  • As a noun (usually singular): It is often used with articles like "a" or "the" to describe the poor result itself.
Examples
  • Verb:
    • I botched the presentation by forgetting my main points.
    • The tailor botched the alterations on my suit.
  • Noun:
    • He made a complete botch of fixing the leak.
    • The surgery was a botch, and the patient needed further operations.
Advanced Usage
  • "to botch up": A common phrasal verb with the same meaning as "botch," emphasizing the act of making something worse.
    • I'm afraid I've botched up the application form.
  • "a botch job": A noun phrase describing work that is done very poorly.
    • The plumbing repair was a real botch job; it started leaking again the next day.
Variants and Related Words
  • Botcher (noun): A person who does work badly or clumsily.
    • That carpenter is a known botcher; hire someone else.
  • Botched (adjective): Describing something that has been ruined or done very poorly.
    • The botched robbery attempt was caught on camera.
Synonyms
  • Verb: Bungle, flub, muff, spoil, ruin, mess up, screw up (informal), foul up (informal).
  • Noun: Blunder, fiasco, mess, failure, hash.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Botch up: To ruin or do something very badly. (Synonymous with the base verb).
    • She botched up the recipe by adding salt instead of sugar.
Related Idioms
  • Make a botch of something: To handle a task so poorly that it fails.
    • The new manager made a botch of the budget planning.
botch

The pianist botched the difficult passage in the second movement.

Noun
  1. an embarrassing mistake
Verb
  1. 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

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