Past tense of botch
regular verb
The past tense of botch is botched. The past participle is also botched.
Forms of botch
| Base form (V1) | botch /bɒt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | botched |
| Past participle (V3) | botched |
| Present participle | botching |
| Third person singular | botches |
Botched in a sentence
- A botched haircut seems to take forever to grow out.
- The Katrina relief operation was considered botched.From the entry operation
- Bruce, wound up firing them, went lawyerless, and botched his appeal.2007 May 25, Robin Finn, “A Defender of the Controversial, and Now of Imus”, in New York Times. From the entry lawyerless
- The Daily Tele staffer who leaked embarrassing details about the paper's botched Undercover Jew sting to Crikey has been unmasked.2025 February 26, Steve Jackson, Peter van Onselen, “A Current Affair rocked by nude photo scandal as Nine braces for explosive lawsuit…. From the entry Daily Tele
- One of the Louisville detectives who fatally shot Breonna Taylor during a botched raid is appealing his termination this week.2021 December 13, Amir Vera, “Louisville detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is appealing his termination from the police…. From the entry taylor
Meaning of botch
- verb To perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.
- verb To do (something) without care or skill, or clumsily.
- verb To mend or repair (something) clumsily.
Questions about the past tense of botch
- What is the past tense of botch?
- The past tense of botch is botched.
- What is the past participle of botch?
- The past participle of botch is botched.
- Is botch a regular or irregular verb?
- Botch is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: botch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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