Bad
Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Poor quality and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poor quality" instead an adjective "Bad".
Poor quality
Bad and poor quality are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective phrase "Poor quality".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- In GURPS guns will jam on a bad roll; this becomes more likely if the weapon is not cleaned regularly or is poor quality.
Source: Breakable Weapons - The problem is that "Dålig" means "bad" as in "of poor quality" - a better choice would have been "Elak".
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So Bad, It's Good: In-universe, the voice acting in this game is intentionally bad as an homage to poor quality dubbing of late 70's-early 80's anime.
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Bad & Poor quality. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/poor_quality>.
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