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
Skilled
Skilled adjective - Having or showing or requiring special skill.
Usage example: a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow
Both words in one sentence
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Unfortunately Koba botched the potion and Rivington died.Koba took the orphaned Sheena under his wing and she grew up to become skilled in the ways of the jungle.
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Many doctrines of it say something like "our world is made by someone pretty low in the Divine Ranks, not very skilled at this" — explaining any problems of the world we know as consequences of a work botched from the start.
Source: God Is Inept
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