Synonyms of botched

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adjective

ˈbächt 

as in clumsy

showing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with a situation)

a botched attempt to mend relations with our disaffected European allies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clumsy
• awkward
• inept
• bungling
• inexperienced
• fumbled
• sloppy
• careless
• incompetent
• inexpert
• inefficient
• maladroit
• amateurish
• unprofessional
• unskilled
• unpolished
• ineffectual
• amateur
• green
• crude
• misguided
• ineffective
• misdirected
• tactless
• unskillful
• ill-advised
• tacky
• undiplomatic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deft
• able
• adroit
• professional
• facile
• competent
• capable
• skilled
• skillful
• clever
• masterful
• adept
• expert
• polished
• proficient
• talented
• accomplished
• masterly
• dexterous
• dextrous
• consummate
• easy
• diplomatic
• smooth
• gracious
• effortless
• tactful
• crackerjack

botched

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verb

past tense of botch

as in fumbled

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

the first time we tried to make a cake, we botched the job completely

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbled
• bungled
• blew
• ruined
• dubbed
• murdered
• mangled
• flubbed
• muffed
• destroyed
• butchered
• booted
• spoiled
• screwed up
• fluffed
• marred
• bumbled
• boggled
• damaged
• bobbled
• fouled up
• goofed (up)
• buggered (up)
• injured
• wrecked
• mucked up
• messed (up)
• foozled
• loused up
• flawed
• bollixed (up)
• blundered
• muddled
• impaired
• hurt
• mutilated
• harmed
• spoilt
• blighted
• gummed (up)
• mismanaged
• blemished
• vitiated
• piffled
• mishandled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improved
• enhanced
• helped
• refined
• remedied
• rectified
• reformed
• bettered
• ameliorated
• fixed
• repaired
• revamped
• renovated
• meliorated
• patched
• doctored
• reconditioned

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of botched

Adjective

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

In the days since Yoon’s botched martial law attempt, extraordinary details have emerged of just how many senior figures, both within the political establishment and the military, were caught completely off-guard. —Helen Regan, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024