adjective
1. poorly done
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a botchy piece of work
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it was an unskillful attempt
• Syn: ↑botchy, ↑unskillful
• Similar to: ↑unskilled
• Derivationally related forms: ↑unskillfulness (for: ↑unskillful), ↑butcher, ↑botch (for: ↑botchy)
2. accompanied by bloodshed
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this bitter and sanguinary war
• Syn: ↑gory, ↑sanguinary, ↑sanguineous, ↑slaughterous
• Similar to: ↑bloody
• Derivationally related forms: ↑slaughter (for: ↑slaughterous), ↑sanguine (for: ↑sanguineous)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.