botchedadjective
uk/bɒtʃt/us/bɑːtʃt/UK also bodgedused to describe something, usually a job, that is done badly:
Our landlord redecorated the bedroom, but it was such a botched job that we decided to redo it.
Thousands of women are infertile as a result of botched abortions.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unsuccessful (people and things)
- abortive
- achiever
- barren
- be dead in the water idiom
- counterproductive
- crowning
- flatline
- futile
- go/get/head nowhere idiom
- inauspicious
- lame duck
- no-win
- small-time
- stillborn
- struggling
- the doldrums
- unavailing
- unglued
- unpromising
- washed up
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