: unsuccessful because of being poorly done : spoiled by mistakes
a botched attempt
a botched recipe
a botched medical procedure
Examples of botched in a Sentence
a botched attempt to mend relations with our disaffected European allies
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The maneuver to shift Education Department grant money to the Labor Department was so botched that the larger plan to do away with Education as an agency is in jeopardy.
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Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Police said that their preliminary investigation suggests the shooting arose from a botched robbery.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 3 Dec. 2025
Caleb isolates the Volstrucker assassin that's been stalking them after a botched interrogation.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Dec. 2025
Allen shouted on a live mic, signaling that 49ers linebacker Luke Gifford had recovered the Browns’ botched snap on fourth-and-1 from the Cleveland 33-yard line.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
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Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Police said that their preliminary investigation suggests the shooting arose from a botched robbery.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 3 Dec. 2025
Caleb isolates the Volstrucker assassin that's been stalking them after a botched interrogation.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Dec. 2025
Allen shouted on a live mic, signaling that 49ers linebacker Luke Gifford had recovered the Browns’ botched snap on fourth-and-1 from the Cleveland 33-yard line.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
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“Botched.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/botched. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.
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