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botchwork

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Inferior and shoddy work.

informal, uncountable

Examples

“Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman. From handicraft the way is open⟳ to rise⟳ in art but not from botchwork.”
“Yet, to make⟳ good speed⟳ on the right track, we must not start⟳ overloaded; not too many things to be undertaken, lest they prove⟳ hasty botchwork.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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