as in to fumble
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
the first time we tried to make a cake, we botched the job completely
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as in jumble
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things
this police procedural is basically a botch of plot elements stolen from other (and better) novels
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Recent Examples of botch
Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 27 July 2025
Hankison’s 10 shots the night of the March 2020 botched drug raid flew through the walls of Taylor’s apartment into a neighboring apartment, narrowly missing a neighboring family.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 July 2025
The Athletic Nfl Staff, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Lastly, there was the botch job of trading away Jake Guentzel at the deadline last season.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Critics, including some prominent Republicans and Democrats, have accused the Justice Department of botching a review of files on the disgraced financier.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 27 July 2025
Hankison’s 10 shots the night of the March 2020 botched drug raid flew through the walls of Taylor’s apartment into a neighboring apartment, narrowly missing a neighboring family.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 July 2025
Noun
Braden Mann’s botch of the opening kickoff, Luke McCaffrey’s 47-yard return and Jeremiah Trotter Jr.’s unnecessary roughness penalty embodied the sloppy play that’s recently been awarding opponents advantageous field position.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
Lastly, there was the botch job of trading away Jake Guentzel at the deadline last season.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for botch
Verb
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Jaylen Wright fumbled on a hit from safety John Saunders Jr.... Grayson Murphy sacked Wilson, who nevertheless threw the ball to Nick Westbrook-Ikhine for a 30 yard TD pass...—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
2 Aug. 2025
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Playing their third road game in five days, the expansion team nearly fumbled a 17-point, first-half lead but got enough stops down the stretch to escape with a 68-67 win over the Washington Mystics on Thursday.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The foghorn blew every 30 seconds and pelicans sailed above, doing a quick half corkscrew turn before diving.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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United’s prospective new owner, Michael Knighton, was on the pitch beforehand, ball-juggling and blowing kisses to the crowd, and Neil Webb smashed one in from 25 yards on his debut — wild stuff, honestly (yeah, get on with it, Grandad).—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
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Google came back with a variety of domestic and international destinations that fit my description.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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This is particularly important for the healthcare field, especially for enterprises use-cases, as healthcare data is largely unstructured and frequently found in a variety of different modalities.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Whither Pluto? One of the biggest TV-industry crimes of the current decade has been how the last couple of regimes at Paramount have bungled their ownership of free streamer Pluto TV.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
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One of my biggest criticisms of HBO’s adaptation of The Last Of Us Part II, which is being adapted into multiple seasons of TV, is the way the show bungled the chronology.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Lulu and Georgia’s assortment strategy evolves alongside its brand presence.—
Kaleigh Moore,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Chestnut brown stitching appears throughout the assortment as a symbol of Bloom Farm’s commitment to the regenerative process.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
18 Aug. 2025
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But a sewer backup during this weekend's historic flood ruined 60 of the backpacks, Maya Bell reports.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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However, for some, gambling is an addiction that can ruin lives and families.—
Don Sweeney,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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Maybe even playing the Super Bowl with a medley of her biggest hits from over the years?—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
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The medley of five different types of beans and addition of rum make this protein-and flavor-packed dish irresistible.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Botch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/botch. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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