adjective
- Poorly done.
- usage: "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt"
- synonyms: botchy, unskillful
- Accompanied by bloodshed.
- usage: "this bitter and sanguinary war"
- synonyms: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous
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