botchy

  • 1Botchy — Botch y, a. Marked with botches; full of botches; poorly done. This botchy business. Bp. Watson. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2botchy — adjective poorly done a botchy piece of work it was an unskillful attempt • Syn: ↑butcherly, ↑unskillful • Similar to: ↑unskilled • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 3botchy — adjective see botch III …

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  • 4botchy — botchily, adv. botchiness, n. /boch ee/, adj., botchier, botchiest. poorly made or done; bungled. [1350 1400; ME; see BOTCH1, Y1] * * * …

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  • 5botchy — adj. messed up, ruined, awful …

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  • 6botchy — botch•y [[t]ˈbɒtʃ i[/t]] adj. botch•i•er, botch•i•est poorly made or done; bungled • Etymology: 1350–1400 botch′i•ly, adv. botch′i•ness, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 7botchy — /ˈbɒtʃi/ (say bochee) adjective (botchier, botchiest) poorly made or done; bungled …

  • 8butcherly — adjective 1. poorly done a botchy piece of work it was an unskillful attempt • Syn: ↑botchy, ↑unskillful • Similar to: ↑unskilled • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 9unskillful — adjective poorly done a botchy piece of work it was an unskillful attempt • Syn: ↑botchy, ↑butcherly • Similar to: ↑unskilled • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 10botch — I. noun Etymology: Middle English boche, from Anglo French, from Vulgar Latin *bottia boss Date: 14th century an inflammatory sore II. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English bocchen Date: 1530 1. to foul up hopelessly often used with up …

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