bad job

NOUN

error

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blunder failure fault flaw glitch inaccuracy lapse miscalculation miscue misdeed mismanagement misstep misunderstanding offense omission sin transgression wrongdoing

STRONG

X absurdity boner boo-boo delinquency delusion deviation erratum fall fallacy falsehood falsity goof howler misapprehension misconception miss oversight screamer slight slip solecism stumble trespass untruth

WEAK

faux pas misbelief misjudgment screwup slipup

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accuracy achievement behavior correctness obedience perfection right strength success

STRONG

certainty fact honesty reality surety truth

WEAK

correction validity

Example Sentences

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Popular artificial-intelligence tools like ChatGPT also do a bad job of answering questions about student loans, research has found.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

During a meeting about the company’s reporting structure, Brockman mentioned that Altman had told him and Sutskever that they could fire Altman if they ever thought he was doing a bad job.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

What I hate the most is the opposite, is doing a bad job and someone going, 'That's all right, you'll be fine, things will just get better.'

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

Like the American superpower or not, when it existed during the heyday of the postwar world it did not do a bad job in maintaining a semblance of order.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

I know Herman E. Calloway was trying to work me like a dog, but he was doing a real bad job at it.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis

bad job

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