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Definitions

botch

[boch] / bɒtʃ /
VERB
blunder
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bobble bumble bungle err flub fumble miscalculate mishandle misjudge mismanage muff screw up
STRONG
blow boggle bollix boot butcher distort flounder mar mend mess misapply misconstrue muddle mutilate patch ruin spoil stumble wreck
WEAK
fall down goof up gum up louse up mess up miscompute misconjecture muck up pull a boner
Antonyms
STRONGEST
do well succeed
STRONG
break build grow help repair
WEAK
accomplish achieve

Example Sentences

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McLaughlin also helped to botch ICE’s efforts to keep immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra-Ramirez locked up without bond.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2026

But ongoing controversy with a government-funded insulation scheme, ECO, involving botch installations, has led to the scheme not being extended.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

Bard would whisper funny lines into my earpiece and I would botch them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

He’ll botch a gig over his annoyance at not being allowed to call a stranger by a pet name she reserves for her closest friend.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024

What a ter­rible thing it is to botch a farewell.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.