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Definition of botch noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

botch

noun
 
/bɒtʃ/
 
/bɑːtʃ/
(also botch-up)
(British English, informal)
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  1. a piece of work or a job that has been done badly
    • I've made a real botch of the decorating.
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘repair’ but originally not implying clumsiness): of unknown origin.
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