Bad
Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: a bad first attempt at making meat loaf resulted in a soggy, inedible mess
Par excellence is an antonym for bad.
Par excellence
Par excellence adjective - Of the very best kind.
Usage example: sophisticated cuisine that is obviously the work of a chef par excellence
Bad is an antonym for par excellence.
Both terms in one sentence
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Hazama is almost as tall as him and a Troll par excellence, although he's the Big Bad.
Source: Tall, Dark and Snarky -
Often considered the Bad Ass guy par excellence among plant-eating dinos, writers cant resist the urge to make Triceratopses acting like rhinos or even bulls.
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Ace Attorney Investigations 2: The Big Bad, a Manipulative Bastard par excellence who orchestrated every murder in the game, using every type of gambit on the index in order to get the revenge he had desired since childhood?
Source: Beware the Silly Ones
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