v. To botch up, bumble or incompetently perform a task.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
verb-intransitive. To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.
v. To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up.
n. A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To work or act in a clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner.
To make or mend clumsily; botch; manage awkwardly or blunderingly; perform inefficiently.
n. A clumsy performance; a piece of awkward work; a botch.
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v. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
v. spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly
n. an embarrassing mistake
Word Usage
"(Troll prophylactic: yes, Mr. Tenet was a holdover from the Clinton administration, but the claim that it's all Bill Clinton's fault, along with everything else that the Bush administration has managed to bungle, is fatuous."