: 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 Kang Kon was unveiled a month after the Choe Hyon in May 2025, but it was damaged during a botched launch at the northern port of Chongjin, prompting a furious response from Kim.
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ABC News,
4 July 2026
That same year, Sealab III was canceled after diver Berry Cannon died of carbon dioxide poisoning during a botched repair 600 feet down off California.
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Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
2 July 2026
The saga — full of botched timelines, unverified vandalism claims and now toxicity concerns — has become an unlikely metaphor for the administration’s broader instinct to paper over problems rather than fix them.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
In another, she is given botched electroconvulsive shock therapy without even a muscle relaxer.
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Literary Hub,
1 July 2026
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ABC News,
4 July 2026
That same year, Sealab III was canceled after diver Berry Cannon died of carbon dioxide poisoning during a botched repair 600 feet down off California.
—
Bill Gourgey,
Popular Science,
2 July 2026
The saga — full of botched timelines, unverified vandalism claims and now toxicity concerns — has become an unlikely metaphor for the administration’s broader instinct to paper over problems rather than fix them.
—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
In another, she is given botched electroconvulsive shock therapy without even a muscle relaxer.
—
Literary Hub,
1 July 2026
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“Botched.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/botched. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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