Bad
Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Turn-on
Turn-on noun - Something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain.
Both words in one sentence
- Turn-On, in contrast, was so bad that it either got banned and replaced with alternate programming, was canceled ten minutes into its first episode, or aired in its entirety and never shown again.
Source: Dueling Works / Live-Action TV - It had a one-episode Spinoff on ABC called Turn-On that was so bad, it got cancelled as quickly as it premiered on some affilates (other affiliates either didn't air the show at all or aired the entire thing before deciding to can it).
Source: Sketch Comedy - A second episode of Turn-On was produced but never broadcast (though some museums dedicated to TV history have shown it, often as part of exhibits dedicated to TV shows that were either really bad/bizarre, very short-lived, or practically unknown to modern audiences).
Source: Sketch Comedy
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Turn-on and Bad. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/turn-on
Bad & Turn-on. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/turn-on>.
Turn-on or Bad. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bad/turn-on.
