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botched

botched is the simple past and past participle of botch.

Meaning of botch

Verb

botch (third-person singular simple present botches, present participle botching, simple past and past participle botched)

  1. (transitive) To perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.
    • A botched haircut seems to take forever to grow out.
  2. (transitive) To do (something) without care or skill, or clumsily.
  3. (transitive) To mend or repair (something) clumsily.

See all 10 meanings of botch

Adjective

botched

  1. Made or repaired in a clumsy or incompetent manner.
    Synonyms:
    bungled

Synonyms of botched

Words formed from botched

Phrases with botched

Words that rhyme with botched

Questions about botched

What does botched mean?
Botched means made or repaired in a clumsy or incompetent manner.
What is botched the simple past and past participle of?
Botched is the simple past and past participle of botch.
What part of speech is botched?
Botched is an adjective.

Words near botched in the dictionary

  1. botch jobs
  2. botch up
  3. botch-up
  4. botch-ups
  5. botch-work
  6. botched
  7. botched job
  8. botched jobs
  9. botched up
  10. botchedly
  11. botcher

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Adapted from Wiktionary: botched (page history and authors); botch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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