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botch

/bɑtʃ/
noun
  1. A piece of work that is done badly or carelessly.
    • His first attempt at painting was a botch, but he improved with practice.
    • The report was a botch full of errors and missing data.
    • The repair was such a botch that the pipe leaked even worse.
verb
  1. To spoil something by doing it badly or carelessly.
    • I tried to fix the sink myself but I botched the job completely.
    • They botched the presentation by forgetting the main slides.
    • The chef botched the recipe by adding too much salt.
Synonyms
bunglemishandlemess upflub
Antonyms
fixsucceed
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