What is another word for Botches?

Pronunciation: [bˈɒt͡ʃɪz] (IPA)

Botches is a verb that means to mess up or bungle a task. There are various synonyms for this word such as blunders, flounders, fumbles, goofs, err, and mishandle. Each of these synonyms refers to a mistake made while attempting to do something. Blunders and goofs are similar to botches in the sense that they are careless errors made while doing something. Fumble, on the other hand, suggests clumsiness and awkwardness in the way one performs an action. Err means to make a mistake or do something wrong. Mishandle generally refers to a situation where one mishandles or mismanages the task at hand. By using these synonyms, you can have alternative words to convey that a task or project has not been successful.

Usage examples for Botches

"The Botches, or whatever you call 'em, are no darrned good when you get 'em alone.
"Tom Slade with the Boys Over There"
Percy K. Fitzhugh
I cannot defend my lectures,-they are prone to be clumsy and hurried Botches,-still less answer for any report,-which I never dare read; but I can tell you the amount of my chiding.
"Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence"
Louis Agassiz
Here, too, Khalid Botches the arguments of the learned gentleman in his effort to give us a summary of them, and tells us in the end that never after, so long as that professor was there, did he ever visit Al-Hayat.
"The Book of Khalid"
Ameen Rihani

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