Underperforming Students

2 words in this vocabulary list

noun a person's work or task that is considered to be of poor quality or not well done

  • The employee did a bad job on the presentation and failed to impress the clients.
  • He really did a bad job fixing the leaky faucet in the bathroom.
  • She totally bombed the interview, did a bad job answering the questions.
  • The artist did a bad job capturing the essence of the sunset in his painting.

noun a person who is considered to be lazy or worthless

adjective describing someone or something as worthless or lazy

  • The company decided to fire the good-for-nothing employee who never met deadlines.
  • I can't believe he's still dating that good-for-nothing guy.
  • She's always hanging out with that good-for-nothing loser.
  • His promises turned out to be as good-for-nothing as a broken pencil.