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botch

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Synonyms: batch, bitch, blotch, butch, notch, both, potch, booch, cotch, bosch, hotch

Antonyms: batch, bitch, blotch, butch, notch, both, potch, booch, cotch, bosch, hotch

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

  1. 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. To do (something) without care or skill, or clumsily.
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  3. To mend or repair (something) clumsily.

Noun

  1. An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
  2. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
  3. A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
    • (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  4. A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; a conglomeration; hodgepodge.
  5. One who makes a mess of something.

Noun

  1. A tumour or other malignant swelling.
  2. A case or outbreak of boils or sores.

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