botch
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Failing and doing badly
abjectly
at-risk
backbencher
balls (something) up
be on your beam endsidiom
blow (someone/something) up
bomb
egg
flog a dead horseidiom
flop
flub
flunk out
founder
fray around/at the edgesidiom
mess
running on emptyidiom
sclerotic
screw
screw (something) up
sign someone's death warrant
Related words
bungled
bungler
bungling
bungle | American Dictionary
bungle
verb[ T ]
us/ˈbʌŋ·ɡəl/
to do something badly, or spoil something:
The police bungled the investigation.