botches
Messes up badly
Botches is plural of botch—a job done badly or clumsily.
A botch is a mess, a bungled attempt: The repair was a complete botch.
As a verb, to botch is to ruin through incompetence: He botched the interview by arriving late.
Someone who botches something makes it worse through poor execution.
Serious mistakes from carelessness
- bunglesMishandles through clumsiness
- flubsBotches through carelessness
- gaffesEmbarrassing social mistakes
- fumblesHandles clumsily, drops
slip-ups · goofs · screw-ups · snafus · missteps · mishaps · foul-ups · errors
Complete, embarrassing failures
- debaclesUtter, humiliating failures
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- mishandlesManages something incompetently
- bunglingsInept attempts at tasks
misrules · maladministration · incompetence · ineptitude · negligence · inefficiency · misconduct · shambles
blunders
Serious mistakes from carelessness
- bunglesMishandles through clumsiness
- flubsBotches through carelessness
- gaffesEmbarrassing social mistakes
fumbles · slip-ups · goofs · screw-ups · snafus · missteps · mishaps · foul-ups · errors · miscalculations
fiascos
Complete, embarrassing failures
- debaclesUtter, humiliating failures
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- mishandlesManages something incompetently
bunglings · misrules · maladministration · incompetence · ineptitude · negligence · inefficiency · misconduct · shambles · messes
- botch jobBadly done task
- botching upSpoiling through incompetence
- botched jobBadly performed task
- botched surgeryFailed medical procedure
- botch upSpoil by incompetence
- botches upSpoils through incompetence
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