I'm allowed to maintain some modicum of privacy. But also, I would like not to be picked apart or for people to observe when I put on 10 pounds or take off 10 pounds, or I have a hair extension out of place, or my fake tan is botched.

Australian Musician

James Cameron

I watched a couple of really bad directors work, and I saw how they completely botched it up and missed the visual opportunities of the scene when we had put things in front of them as opportunities. Set pieces, props and so on.

American Director

Mercedes Schlapp

If the American people - pro-choice and pro-life - cannot agree with the basic concept that the life of a baby born alive following a botched abortion should be protected, then when do the rights of these babies begin?

American Public Servant

Lewis Mumford

Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for training.

American Sociologist

Dominic Cummings

Politics does the equivalent of constantly trying to reinvent children's arithmetic and botching it. It does not build reliable foundations of knowledge.

British Public Servant

Donovan Bailey

If you botch a handoff or stutter step in a relay, then your team has to make up that lost time. It's always you versus the clock.

Jamaican Athlete

Leigh Bardugo

My great heartbreak was completely botching my callback for Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar' in college.

Israeli Author

Clive Cussler

They botched 'Raise the Titanic' so badly that I waited 20 years to do it again.

American Writer

Cam'ron

It takes more than a botched carjacking to keep me down.

American Musician

Mike Patton

I've had at least a couple botched surgeries.

Use 'botch' when someone does a task incorrectly due to errors in action, not just bad thinking.

Action Errors

'Botch' often implies a serious error, not a small or trivial mishap.

Avoid Exaggeration

Often found in informal speech; not typical for formal writing.

Casual Tone

Describes something poorly made or executed, with evident flaws and errors.

Poor Quality

Focuses on the final product or outcome rather than the process of making the errors.

Outcome-Oriented

Use when the result has had a negative impact, typically causing frustration or embarrassment.

Negative Impact

 to the face of the gut they are dealing with sharks after all a nasty shark Chris isn't just the ship's crew leader he's also an executive producer on the shark men series the season television host so I botched that up stop I did not wait

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