botched
Ruined through incompetence
Botched describes something badly done or bungled, especially a task requiring skill: a botched surgery, a botched robbery.
The word implies failure through incompetence rather than bad luck—someone attempted something and made a mess of it.
As a verb, to botch is to ruin through poor execution: They botched the repair job.
Lacking professional skill
- ineptLacking skill or competence
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- bungledPerformed ineptly, failed
- unskilledLacking acquired competence
unprofessional · shoddy · slipshod · ham-fisted · careless · negligent · haphazard · slapdash
Execution by noose
- beheadingRemoval of head
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- prolongedMade to last longer
- gruesomeCausing horror and disgust
inhumane · bungled · misfire · malfunction · executioner · condemned · scaffold
Foolish, costly mistake
- fiascoHumiliating public failure
- debacleSudden, complete failure
- failureLack of success
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
screwup · goof · bungle · flub · mishap · foul-up · snafu · mishandling
Severely disfigured or ruined
- mutilatedDamaged by severing parts
- disfiguredSpoiled in appearance
- marredDamaged or disfigured
- defacedDamaged the appearance of
damaged · wrecked · spoiled · destroyed · sabotaged · compromised · flawed · defective
Harmful professional negligence
- complicationsDifficulties that emerge unexpectedly
- disfigurementMarred physical appearance
- scarringPermanent mark formation
- negligenceFailure to exercise care
lawsuit · reoperation · iatrogenic · postoperative · misdiagnosis · wrongful · sepsis · infection
amateurish
Lacking professional skill
unskilled · unprofessional · shoddy · slipshod · ham-fisted · careless · negligent · haphazard · slapdash · crude
hanging
Execution by noose
- beheadingRemoval of head
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- prolongedMade to last longer
gruesome · inhumane · bungled · misfire · malfunction · executioner · condemned · scaffold
blunder
Foolish, costly mistake
mess · screwup · goof · bungle · flub · mishap · foul-up · snafu · mishandling · fumble
mangled
Severely disfigured or ruined
- mutilatedDamaged by severing parts
- disfiguredSpoiled in appearance
- marredDamaged or disfigured
defaced · damaged · wrecked · spoiled · destroyed · sabotaged · compromised · flawed · defective · faulty
malpractice
Harmful professional negligence
- complicationsDifficulties that emerge unexpectedly
- disfigurementMarred physical appearance
- scarringPermanent mark formation
negligence · lawsuit · reoperation · iatrogenic · postoperative · misdiagnosis · wrongful · sepsis · infection · hemorrhage
- botchedbungled, messed up, screwed up, fouled up, mucked up
- Flawedflawed, faulty, defective, broken, imperfect
- inferiorinferior, substandard, second-rate, second-class, subpar
- repair qualityflawless, professional, amateur, excellent, poor
- shortcomingsdeficient, inadequate, lacking, inferior, subpar
- Communication Problemsmiscommunication, misunderstanding, static, garbled, interference
botchedflawless
Entirely without fault
masterful · perfect · successful · polished · accomplished
- botch jobBadly done task
- botching upSpoiling through incompetence
- botched jobBadly performed task
- botched surgeryFailed medical procedure
- botch upSpoil by incompetence
- botches upSpoils through incompetence