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botchy

/bˈɑtʃi/ adj

Full of botches or mistakes; poorly done.

Word Origin From Old English bōc 'pustule, swelling' — a botch originally was a swelling or sore, then came to mean a clumsy patch or repair, like a swollen lump on a garment. Botchy describes something full of such clumsy fixes. The root also gives us botcher (a bungler) and boss (a raised ornament, from the same idea of a swelling). The PIE root is uncertain, but the word evolved from physical blemish to shoddy work.

adj Full of botches or mistakes; poorly done.

The repair job was so botchy that we had to call another technician to fix it properly.

(形容词) 拙劣的；粗制滥造的

修理工作做得太糟糕了，我们不得不叫另一位技术人员来妥善修复。

(adjetivo) Lleno de chapucerías o errores; mal hecho.

El trabajo de reparación fue tan chapucero que tuvimos que llamar a otro técnico para arreglarlo correctamente.

(adjectif) bâclé; maladroit; défectueux; mal fichu; bousillé [Plein de maladresses ou d'erreurs ; mal fait, bâclé.]

La réparation était si bâclée que nous avons dû appeler un autre technicien pour la corriger.

(Adjektiv) stümperhaft; pfuscherhaft; schlampig [**botchy** Adj. – voller Fehler oder Pfusch; schlecht ausgeführt.]

Die Reparatur war so **botchy**, dass wir einen anderen Techniker rufen mussten, um sie richtig zu machen.

(形容詞) 失敗や間違いが多い。下手に作られた。

その修理の仕事はとても下手で、別の技術者を呼んで正しく直してもらわなければならなかった。

(adjetivo) malfeito; desastrado; mal-acabado; amador [Cheio de erros ou falhas; mal feito.]

O trabalho de reparo foi tão **malfeito** que tivemos que chamar outro técnico para consertá-lo adequadamente.

Synonyms: bungled sloppy shoddy messy clumsy amateurish careless faulty Antonyms: perfect flawless meticulous careful
Word parts: botch + y

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