botching
Ruining through incompetence
Botching is doing something badly or clumsily, ruining it through poor workmanship or careless mistakes.
A botched surgery goes wrong.
A botched robbery fails due to incompetence.
The word implies the job could have been done right but wasn't: They're botching the renovation—nothing is level.
Mishandling through incompetence
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
- blunderingActing with clumsy incompetence
- manglingDestructive distortion or disfigurement
- ruiningCausing complete destruction
wrecking · spoiling · mishandling · flubbing · goofing · mismanaging · sabotaging · butchering
Lacking skill or competence
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- ham-handedLacking dexterity or subtlety
- maladroitLacking physical deftness
- amateurishLacking professional skill
unskilled · bungling · fumbling · heavy-handed · awkward · slapdash · slipshod · careless
Disorderly, troublesome condition
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- fiascoHumiliating public failure
- debacleSudden, complete failure
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
shambles · wreck · hash · failure · train-wreck · snafu · cock-up · balls-up
Fabric scraps sewn together
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- jury-riggedTemporarily fixed with scraps
- cobbledSurfaced with rounded stones
- kludgeAwkward but functional solution
stopgap · hasty · improvised · slapdash · hacked · bodged · thrown-together · ramshackle
bungling
Mishandling through incompetence
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
- blunderingActing with clumsy incompetence
- manglingDestructive distortion or disfigurement
ruining · wrecking · spoiling · mishandling · flubbing · goofing · mismanaging · sabotaging · butchering · destroying
inept
Lacking skill or competence
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- ham-handedLacking dexterity or subtlety
- maladroitLacking physical deftness
amateurish · unskilled · bungling · fumbling · heavy-handed · awkward · slapdash · slipshod · careless · haphazard
mess
Disorderly, troublesome condition
catastrophe · shambles · wreck · hash · failure · train-wreck · snafu · cock-up · balls-up · foul-up
patchwork
Fabric scraps sewn together
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- jury-riggedTemporarily fixed with scraps
- cobbledSurfaced with rounded stones
kludge · stopgap · hasty · improvised · slapdash · hacked · bodged · thrown-together · ramshackle · rickety
- Incompetencebungle, failure, inability, blunder, ineptitude
- mistakesmistake, mistakes, slip, error, errors
- setbacksfailing, back to square one, stuck, losing, stumbles
- mismanagementmishandling, dysfunction, misuse, incompetence, inefficiency
- wastingsquandering, frittering, splurging, overspending, misusing
- awkward momentsoops, cringe, embarrassment, yikes, awkward
botchingperfecting
Making something ideal
nailing · mastering · acing · succeeding · pulling off
- botching upSpoiling through incompetence
botch, botched, botches, bodge, botcher, bodges, botchers, bodger, botch up