Definition of "botching" [botching]

• Present participle of botch. (verb)

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• "Obama joked that it was "Cinco de Cuatro," botching a play on the Spanish word for "four" when he meant to say "Cuatro de Mayo," or the Fourth of May."
• "President Barack Obama joked it was 'Cinco de Cuatro,' botching a play on the Spanish word for 'four' when he meant to say 'Cuatro de Mayo' or the Fourth of May thinking it was going to be funny this afternoon during what are becoming multiple daily appearances before the camera's to satisfy his insatiable and some would say psychotic need to hear and see himself and his own voice on TV every day."
• "From out and out denial of the importance of online interaction to quarter hearted measures more trouble than they’re worth for what online activities the do have like friend codes it’s no big shock to see them once again botching the online component."