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Adjective
piss-poor (comparative more piss-poor, superlative most piss-poor)
- (mildly vulgar, slang) Reflecting a low standard of workmanship or achievement; very inferior.
1971 May 12, Barry Lessin, “Lion netters revive with aid of Cathrall”, in Penn State Daily Collegian, US, retrieved 2 Apr. 2009, page 4:The tennis squad will taking a seven-match winning streak to Lehigh this afternoon. It is concerned with Lehigh? Fourth-seeded Doug Pollock answered this in two words, "They stink!" He described them further: "As a matter of fact, they have been piss-poor for several years now."
2009 April 1, Lee Greenberg, “Harmonized tax sparks confusion and anger in Ontario”, in Ottawa Citizen, Canada, retrieved 2 Apr. 2009:Rod Pritchard, who owns a farm equipment business in Eastern Ontario, says the Liberal government has done a “piss poor” job explaining the harmonized tax.
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