a botched job
a badly done job
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As investigators begin to examine the devastating collapse of a school in Italy in Thursday's earthquake, questions are being asked about the construction of the building.
An expert in disaster management has said the construction was likely to have been a "botched job".
David Alexander, a professor at the Cranfield Disaster Management Centre in the UK who has nearly 30 years experience in Italy, said he believed the school had "been built on the cheap", although not necessarily illegally.
(BBC News - 1st November 2002)
An expert in disaster management has said the construction was likely to have been a "botched job".
David Alexander, a professor at the Cranfield Disaster Management Centre in the UK who has nearly 30 years experience in Italy, said he believed the school had "been built on the cheap", although not necessarily illegally.
(BBC News - 1st November 2002)
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botch
verb
1. To ruin through clumsiness.
2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle.
3. To repair or mend clumsily.
noun
1. A ruined or defective piece of work: “I have made a miserable botch of this description” (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
2. A hodgepodge.
adjective = botched
Middle English bocchen, to mend.
Synonyms: botch, blow, bungle, fumble, muff
These verbs mean to harm or spoil through inept or clumsy handling:
BOTCH a repair
BLOW an opportunity
BUNGLE an interview
FUMBLED my chance to apologize
MUFFED the painting job.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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say something like:
"Sorry Bill, but I have to tell you that your last assignment was a really botched job. Another result like that and you'll find yourself out on the street."
verb
1. To ruin through clumsiness.
2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle.
3. To repair or mend clumsily.
noun
1. A ruined or defective piece of work: “I have made a miserable botch of this description” (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
2. A hodgepodge.
adjective = botched
Middle English bocchen, to mend.
Synonyms: botch, blow, bungle, fumble, muff
These verbs mean to harm or spoil through inept or clumsy handling:
BOTCH a repair
BLOW an opportunity
BUNGLE an interview
FUMBLED my chance to apologize
MUFFED the painting job.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"Sorry Bill, but I have to tell you that your last assignment was a really botched job. Another result like that and you'll find yourself out on the street."
