Bad
Schlock
Schlock adjective - Of low quality.
Usage example: a tourist trap selling schlock souvenirs
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Schlock Mercenary: you don't know the meaning of bad uniform until you're forced to wear a wig, a mustache, and buck teeth while serving authentic Hong-Kong-Tex-Mex.
Source: Bad Job, Worse Uniform - Schlock Mercenary has an unusual variant, in that the people trying to prevent a civil war in the UNS mostly function as the bad guys.
Source: Prevent the War - Jay Sherman, eponymous character of The Critic, only panned every schlock movie he ever saw because he believed that if people continued to watch bad movies, Hollywood would continue to make bad movies, as shown in his Rousing Speech.
Source: Compassionate Critic
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