botch🔊

To perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something. +

To do (something) without care or skill, or clumsily.

To mend or repair (something) clumsily. +

An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.

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.

A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; a conglomeration; hodgepodge.

(archaic) One who makes a mess of something. +

(obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling.

A case or outbreak of boils or sores.