Bad
Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: a bad first attempt at making meat loaf resulted in a soggy, inedible mess
Keen
Keen adjective - Able to sense slight impressions or differences.
Usage example: pilots with especially keen eyesight
Both words in one sentence
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Keen Eddie: Eddie and Monty play Good Cop, Bad Cop with boxer Jimmy Fishkin, who gets the same treatments from his criminal bosses.
Source: Good Cop/Bad Cop -
The Fourth Doctor, while not so keen on trampling over other people to satisfy his Nightmare Fetish, was just as bad if not worse.
Source: Nightmare Fetishist -
He also shares Rincewind's keen survival instinct as well as, judging by his ten-year journey home, Rincewind's bad luck.
Source: Discworld / Eric
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