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Botching

Botch \Botch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Botched; p. pr. & vb. n. Botching.] [See Botch, n.]

  1. To mark with, or as with, botches.

    Young Hylas, botched with stains.
    --Garth.

  2. To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up.

    Sick bodies . . . to be kept and botched up for a time.
    --Robynson (More's Utopia).

  3. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to bungle; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work.

    For treason botched in rhyme will be thy bane.
    --Dryden.

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botching

vb. (present participle of botch English)

Usage examples of "botching".

Bureaucratic botching, thoroughly unmilitary, characterized the execution of the policy from start to finish.