botch

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb 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. verb To do (something) without care or skill, or clumsily.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

3. verb To mend or repair (something) clumsily.
4. noun An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
5. noun A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
6. noun A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

7. noun A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; a conglomeration; hodgepodge.
8. noun One who makes a mess of something.

Similar words

bungle botch up blunder boo-boo blooper muck up foul up fumble flub louse up

Often followed by

of the it up a things this and that

Word family

botched botcher botchers botches botchier botchiest botching botchy