Botched
Botched adjective - Showing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with a situation).
Usage example: a botched attempt to mend relations with our disaffected European allies
Professional is an antonym for botched.
Professional
Professional adjective - Of or relating to or suitable as a profession.
Botched is an antonym for professional.
Both words in one sentence
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This, and probably a sense of lingering guilt about the horribly botched Kharkov offensive operation of summer 1942 (launched by Stalin on Khrushchev's recommendations against professional military advice), caused Khrushchev to become an alcoholic by 1943.
Source: Useful Notes / Nikita Khrushchev
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