botcher

botch  (bch)

tr.v. botched, botch·ing, botch·es

1. To ruin through clumsiness.

2. To make or perform clumsily; bungle.

3. To repair or mend clumsily.

n.

1. A ruined or defective piece of work: "I have made a miserable botch of this description" (Nathaniel Hawthorne).

2. A hodgepodge.

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[Middle English bocchen, to mend.]

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botcher n.

botchy adj.

Synonyms: botch, blow¹, bungle, fumble, muff¹
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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

botcher - someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence blunderer, bumbler, bungler, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler, butcher incompetent, incompetent person - someone who is not competent to take effective action

Translations

botcher

n (inf) → Murkser m (inf), → Pfuscher m (inf)