SCAMPED Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

scamped

verb

past tense of scamp

as in botched

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New starting center Jared Wilson botched another snap working with Maye.

— Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 30 July 2026
Clark’s ouster, meanwhile, was botched, as a leak left ESPN brass scrambling to inform the former Steelers safety that he was being released Monday during an NFL Live commercial break.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of botched

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For now, the press still sometimes bungled his name as Harry.

— Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
Apollo’s acquisition came after Verizon Communications bought Yahoo’s online operations in 2017 and then bungled an attempt to blend those services into AOL, another internet pioneer.

— Michael Liedtke, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026

Definition of bungled

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After Duran took third on a fly ball, pinch-hitter Joc Pederson hit a ground ball up the middle that was fumbled by Taylor Walls, allowing Duran to score.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Chad Powers season 2 sees the actor reprise his role as Russ Holliday, a former star college quarterback who fumbled his promising career after a humiliating championship-game meltdown.

— Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026

Definition of fumbled

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But Lindor also muffed a leadoff grounder by Lopez in the first, which led to Hicks’ RBI single and an unearned run charged to Thornton.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 2 Aug. 2026
With Freddie Freeman standing on second base, after a leadoff double against Padres right-hander Randy Vásquez, Muncy hit a sharp grounder to second baseman Will Wagner, who muffed the play.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026

Definition of muffed

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The engineer who had asked the question followed it, triggering a permission change that exposed company data for two hours, though a Meta spokesperson denied earlier reports that user data was mishandled.

— Tyler Akidau, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Her complaint alleges deputies mishandled a live grenade from a Santa Monica call, brought it to a training center where explosives are banned, and handled it with Lemus, who lacked bomb-squad training.

— Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of mishandled

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