botched job
Poorly executed task
A botched job is work done badly or incompetently, with results that fail to meet basic standards.
The phrase implies carelessness, lack of skill, or cutting corners: The plumber left us with a botched job and a flooded basement.
It applies to professional work, repairs, medical procedures, or any task where competence was expected but not delivered.
- bungledPerformed ineptly, failed
- fiascoHumiliating public failure
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- epic failSpectacular, embarrassing blunder
- sloppyCareless and untidy
hack · mess · blunder · screw-up · dropped the ball · failure · amateur · shoddy · careless · incompetent · cut corners · mishap · flub · fumbled · ruined · mangled · patched · half-assed