botched; botching; botches
1
: to foul up hopelessly
—often used with up
2
: to put together in a makeshift way
botcher
noun
2
: an inflammatory sore
Examples of botch in a Sentence
Verb
The store botched the order—I received only half the books I paid for.
They clearly botched the investigation.
Noun (1)
this police procedural is basically a botch of plot elements stolen from other (and better) novels
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William Earl, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
Made all the worse, that final play by Miami was botched by a mistake that led to the pickoff.
—Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
This might seem like a minor quibble, but the fact that the new movie botches the whole wait-what-did-they-actually-do-last-summer thing speaks to a prevailing sense of laziness.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2025
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Verb
Meanwhile, the show has hosted plenty of controversial musical performances, such as NBC removing upside-down American flags from Rage Against the Machine’s amps in 1996 to Ashlee Simpson’s botched vocal performance in 2004.
—William Earl, Variety, 19 Oct. 2025
Made all the worse, that final play by Miami was botched by a mistake that led to the pickoff.
—Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
During last week's WWE SmackDown, a series of mistakes and botches drew harsh criticism from fans.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
This might seem like a minor quibble, but the fact that the new movie botches the whole wait-what-did-they-actually-do-last-summer thing speaks to a prevailing sense of laziness.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2025
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“Botch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/botch. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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botch
noun
: an inflammatory sore
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