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on the bum

ADJECTIVE
defective
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abnormal damaged deficient faulty flawed inadequate insufficient unhealthy unsound
WEAK
amiss blemished impaired imperfect incomplete injured lacking out of order poor seconds sick subnormal unfinished wanting
Antonyms
STRONGEST
adequate ample enough perfect sound strong sufficient well working
WEAK
excellent faultless flawless unbroken
ADJECTIVE
on the fritz
Synonyms
WEAK
bonkers broken faulty haywire inoperable kerflooey malfunctioning not working on the blink out of commission out of kilter out of order out of whack

Example Sentences

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She later confessed that the stress of stardom caused her to develop a "boil on the bum" that had to be lanced hours before performing live on Dutch TV.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2022

This is madness, and it will bite them on the bum in the end.

From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2013

You always get bitten on the bum when you get fancy.

From BBC • May 30, 2012

Were Emma, so sardonic and yet so soft-hearted, and Dexter, such a dreadful show-off until life bites him on the bum, based on real people?

From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2011

But don’t you see, Tom, that they couldn’t do that without putting the whole thing on the bum, and depriving the rest of us of our privileges?

From Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York by Osborne, Thomas Mott