: unsuccessful because of being poorly done : spoiled by mistakes
a botched attempt
a botched recipe
a botched medical procedure
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a botched attempt to mend relations with our disaffected European allies
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Sonos had a horrible 2024, thanks to a botched app update that culminated in the resignation of its CEO.
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Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2025
The project unspools as a botched attempt to tackle one of America’s most infamous unsolved mysteries, whose details were memorably chronicled in David Fincher’s outstanding 2007 thriller, Zodiac.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Schorn says authorities do not believe Patty was killed in a botched robbery.
—Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2025
Trump tanked the economy with his trade wars and his botched pandemic response.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2025
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Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2025
The project unspools as a botched attempt to tackle one of America’s most infamous unsolved mysteries, whose details were memorably chronicled in David Fincher’s outstanding 2007 thriller, Zodiac.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Schorn says authorities do not believe Patty was killed in a botched robbery.
—Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 18 Jan. 2025
Trump tanked the economy with his trade wars and his botched pandemic response.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Botched.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/botched. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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